G#m D#m I dunno what I was thinking B C# Leaving my child behind C#m D#7 G#m Now I suffer the curse and now I am blind G#m D#7 With all this anger, guilt and sadness C#m G#m Coming to haunt me forever C#m D#7 I canʼt wait for the cliff at the end of the G#m river G#m D#m Is this revenge I am seeking? B C# Or seeking someone to avenge me? C#m D#7 Stuck in my own paradox I wanna set G#m myself free G#m D#7 Maybe I should chase and find E G#m Before theyʼll try to stop it C#m D#7 G#m It wonʼt be long before Iʼll become a puppet G#m D#7 Itʼs been so long E G# Since I last have seen my son C#m Lost to this monster D#7 G#m To the man behind the slaughter G#m D#7 Since youʼve been gone E G# Iʼve been singing this stupid song C#m So I could ponder D#7 G#m The sanity of your mother G#m F# B D#7 x2 G#m D#m I wish I lived in the present B C# With the gift of my past mistakes C#m D#7 But the future keeps luring in like a pack of G#m snakes G#m F# C#m Your sweet little eyes, your little smile G#m Is all I remember C#m D#7 Those fuzzy memories mess with my G#m temper G#m D#m Justification is killing me B C# But killing isnʼt justified C#m D#7 G#m What happened to my son, Iʼm terrified G#m D#7 C#m It lingers in my mind and the thought keeps G#m getting bigger C#m D#7 Iʼm sorry my sweet baby, I wish Iʼd been G#m there G#m D#7 Itʼs been so long E G# Since I last have seen my son C#m Lost to this monster D#7 G#m To the man behind the slaughter G#m D#7 Since youʼve been gone E G# Iʼve been singing this stupid song C#m So I could ponder D#7 G#m The sanity of your mother G#m F# B D#7 x4
