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AHot breath, rough skin
warm laughs, and smiling,
F#mthe lovliest words
Ewhispered and meant
you like all these things.
E
But though you like all these things
you love a stone.
DYou love a stone,
E Bmbecause it's smooth and it's cold.
And you'd love most
Eto be told
Dthat it's all your own.
A
You love white veins,
you love hard grey,
Bmthe heaviest weight,
Dthe clumsiest shape,
the earthiest smell,
Ethe hollowest tone
Dyou love a stone.
Bridge: A E Bm D
And I'm found too fast,
called too fond of flames,
and then I'm phoning my friends,
and then I'm shouldering the blame,
while you're picking pebbles
Eout of the drain,
Dmiles ago.
You're out singing songs,
and I'm down shouting names
at the flickerless screen,
going fucking insane.
Am I losing my cool,
Eoverstating my case?
DWell, baby what can I say?
E
You know I never claimed
that I was a stone.
DAnd you love a stone.
F#mYou love white veins,
you love hard grey,
Bmthe heaviest weight,
Dthe clumsiest shape,
the earthiest smell,
Ethe hollowest tone
Dyou love a stone.
Bridge: A E Bm D (x2) A
You love a stone,
Ebecause it's dark
Bmand it's old
and if it could start
Ebeing alive
Dyou'd stop living alone.
(quieter)
AAnd I think I believe
Ethat if stones could dream
they'd dream of being laid
Dside-by-side piece-by-piece
F#mand turned into a castle
for some towering queen
Dthey're unable to know.
A
And when that queen's daughter
Ecame of age,
I think she'd be lovely
Dand stubborn and brave,
F#mand suitors would journey
from kingdoms away
Djust to make themselves known.
A
And I think that I know
Ethe bitter dismay
of a lover who brought
Dfresh brouquets every day
F#mwhen she turned him away
to remember some knave
D Awho once gave just one rose, one day, years ago.
End:
A E Bm D X4A
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