Verse 1 Eadd4 I am an architect, they call me a butcher Eadd4 I am a pioneer, they call me primitive Eadd4 I am purity, they call me perverted Eadd4 Holding you but I only miss these things when they leave Pre-chorus D A#m7b5 A6/9 Eadd4 A#m7b5 A6/9 Eadd4 I am idiot drug hive, the virgin, the tattered and the torn D A#m7b5 A6/9 Eadd4 A#m7b5 A6/9 Eadd4 Life is for the cold made warm and they are just lizards D A#m7b5 A6/9 Eadd4 A#m7b5 A6/9 Eadd4 Self-disgust is self-obsession honey and I do as I please D E A morality obedient, only to the cleansed repented Chorus A G F#m I am stronger than Mensa, Miller and Mailer E D5 Db5 Bm E I spat out Plath and Pinter A I am all the things that you regret G F#m E D5 Db5 Bm E A truth that washes that learnt how to spell Verse 2 Eadd11 The first time you see yourself naked you cry Eadd11 Soft skin now acne, foul breath, so broken Eadd11 He loves me truly this mute solitude I'm draining Eadd11 I know I believe in nothing but it is my nothing Pre-chorus D A#m7b5 A6/9 Eadd4 A#m7b5 A6/9 Eadd4 Sleep can't hide the thoughts splitting through my mind D A#m7b5 A6/9 Eadd4 A#m7b5 A6/9 Eadd4 Shadows aren't clean, false mirrors too many people awake D A#m7b5 A6/9 Eadd4 A#m7b5 A6/9 Eadd4 If you stand up like a nail then you will be knocked down D E I've been too honest with myself I should have lied like everybody else Chorus A G F#m I am stronger than Mensa, Miller and Mailer E D5 Db5 Bm E I spat out Plath and Pinter A I am all the things that you regret G F#m E D5 Db5 Bm E A truth that washes that learnt how to spell Coda Eadd11 So damn easy to cave in, man k*lls everything Eadd11 So damn easy to cave in, man k*lls everything