Intro
Gm Eb F  x2 
 
Verse 1
  Gm 
A moment, a glimpse of a life 
 Bb 
Crawling on the floor 
  F 
Insanity's the fear 
            Cm 
But that's what your room is for 
        Gm                       Bb 
You're wasting, you're wasting away 
    F                      Cm 
Surrounded by thoughts of decay 
    Eb                        Bb                  Ab 
If someone could reverse the symptoms you always obey 
 
Chorus
Eb                           Gm7 
Sitting on the threshold of eternity 
 Dm 
Drowning in your pain 
 F 
Burning in your brain 
 Eb                             Gm7 
What's the use of trying if you can't be free 
 Dm 
Fading every day 
          F 
On the threshold of eternity 
 
Gm Eb F 
 
Verse 2
  Gm                  Dm 
A moment's glimpse of death 
    Bb 
It smiles at my door 
  F 
Heaven isn't near 
            Cm 
But that's what this hell is for 
     Gm                   Bb 
I'm falling, I'm falling away 
   F                     Cm 
Forgetting the reason I stay 
    Eb                           Bb 
If something could light up the darkness 
                  Ab 
That consumes my way 
 
Chorus
Eb                           Gm7 
Sitting on the threshold of eternity 
 Dm 
Dousing out your flame 
 F 
Burying your shame 
 Eb                             Gm7 
What's the use of trying if you can't be free 
           Dm 
As you're fading every day 
         F                 Cm7 
On the threshold of eternity 
 
Bridge
        Gm                  Eb 
There's only one moment, my mind feels pure 
         F 
(There's only one moment, your mind feels pure) 
 Gm                        Eb 
Working's my sole hope for any cure 
  F 
(Working's your sole hope for any cure) 
 
     Gm                      Eb 
They call you a madman, well so much the worse 
     F 
You know that you're crazy, you know that you're cursed 
 
      Eb 
This fracture inside 
       F 
We can no longer hide 
       Gm                      Ab 
As our seam splits in this universe 
 
Ending
 Eb                           Gm7 
Sitting on the threshold of eternity 
  Dm 
Drowning in your pain 
 F 
Burning in your brain 
  Eb                Bb            Gm7 
What's the use of trying if you can't be free 
 Dm 
Fading every day 
         F                 Cm 
On the threshold of eternity 
 
         F 
On the threshold of eternity 
 
Gm Eb F G