C        Em             Am        Em
    Your emptiness overwhelms me
C   Em              Am         Em
    Thrusts and overtakes me
C        Em              Am     Em
    This shrine of black tears
C           Em              Am     Em
    Within a vault of black tears

[Chorus]
C                      Em
    The universe caves in, 
Am           Em
    I’m on fire
C               Em
    Let the end begin,
Am       Em   
    take courage!

[Verse 2]
C            Em         Am      Em
    And when nothing remains
C      Em       Am    Em
    No love nor pain
C      Em     Am      Em
    In this illusion
C        Em               Am     Em
    This tomb of seasoned dye

[Chorus]
C                      Em
    The universe caves in, 
Am           Em
    I’m on fire
C               Em
    Let the end begin,
Am       Em   
    take courage!

[Outro]
F            Am            G     Dm
    From the slow decay of life
F            Am            G 
    To the galloping empty days
F                Am                  G      Dm
    I would have flung myself in the fire
F         Am  G
    But i hesitate
F               Am               G     Dm
    And the antimatter within my heart
F                     Am             G
    From this nothing leaves nothing enters
F               Am                    G      Dm
    The useless lingering and severed love
F        Am      G
    This lit the parade
F             Am                    G     Dm
    A carrion flower dressed in the sun
F              Am              G
    A blinding image bathed in providence
F                  Am             G      Dm
    And should you stray from the path
F             Am                 G
    You shall know them by their fruits
F                 Am                  G     Dm
    I should have flung myself in the fire
F    Am               G
        I really should
F                 Am                  G     Dm
    I should have flung myself in the fire
F    Am               G  
        I really should