C#m                    F#m           A               Bm
"One step, you're just one step from perfection" she held out her hand
E                        C#m            F#m                 D                      E
and so life spreads from fingertips and through my veins, a beast is born within a man
C#m                F#m           A             Bm                 D
and it whispers of all I've ever hoped for and everything that is wrong
E                  C#m              F#m                    D
slowly now all the words add up and somehow they crack and slip from my tongue
E         Bm        D          F#m        E
and as if singing a psalm I am down on my knees
     Bm          D         F#m           E
I am singing for love from the top of my lungs
        Bm       D       F#m    E
but the louder I cry the less I believe
          D            Bm         E              D
that this moment we're in will be more than just now

[Instrumental]
D F#m Bm
D F#m Bm E

[Verse 2]
C#m          F#m                A              Bm            D
silently I'm replacing what she lacks with the things that I love
E                            C#m                 F#m              D                         E
and though I know I might be torn all around the edges behind her perfect shell's a rotting soul
D                                 E    F#m     Bm               E
so incomplete but wholer still if I am able to just let her go
       Bm          D           F#m          E
and if this is the end then at least it was worth it
         Bm           D       F#m            E
'cause I swear it was love or something just so
      Bm             D           F#m        E
and I know love will come to the one who deserves it
         D          Bm   E                      D
I'll try closing my eyes and give it one minute more

[Instrumental]
D F#m E
D F#m E
D F#m E
D F#m E

[Verse 3]
D       F#m         E
but I'm not of your kind
D          F#m       E                    D
someone as stupid as me should be easy to find
          F#m       E        G        D             F#m            E
so I will treat you like statistics until it drains this love from me

[Instrumental]
Bm E Bm D F#m E
Bm D F#m E Bm

[Verse 4]
Bm         D         F#m           E
this is no psalm, it can't take me deeper
       Bm        D            A       E
what's only just passed seems so long ago
        B        D       F#m    E
and the harder I try the less I believe you
            D             Bm             E          D
when you're standing here now asking for one minute more