Modern Ruin

Gm
All the neighbourhoods you knew and loved
Gm
All the streets that you played on
Gm
All the streams and the fields and parks
Bb
And all the lanes you roamed after dark
Gm
All the houses you grew up in
Gm
The floorboards you hid money in
Gm
The beds where you fucked for love
Bb
And all the beds where you fucked for fun

Gm
The idea that nobody dies
F            Gm                                       F
And when our hearts stop beating, we leave it behind
Gm               Bb             Ab
It's just modern ruin, that's what they'll say
G          Bb                Ab
Flesh and blood just rotted away
Gm                 Bb           Ab
Steel and concrete titans waiting to be enlightened
Gm                            Bb
All wanna go up in a ball of flame
Ab
All wanna burn out, not fade away

Gm
The cemeteries and their flesh bouquets
Gm
The rivers and the mountain lakes
Gm
The copper, the concrete, the iron, and gold
Gm                                    Bb
And all the stories that we never told

Gm
The idea that nobody dies
F            Gm                                       F
And when our hearts stop beating, we leave it behind
Gm               Bb             Ab
It's just modern ruin, that's what they'll say
G          Bb                Ab
Flesh and blood just rotted away
Gm                 Bb           Ab
Steel and concrete titans waiting to be enlightened
Gm                            Bb
All wanna go up in a ball of flame
Ab
All wanna burn out, not fade away

Gm                                Ab
All the nights we stayed up till dawn
Gm                                Ab
All the blankets laid out on the lawn
Gm                                Ab
And all the mornings, and the afternoons
Gm                                        Ab
And all the evenings and the night times too
              Gm                        Bb          Ab
And all the bricks and the mortar you called your home
            Gm                            Bb          Ab
And all the glass and the metal and the wood and the rope
               Gm                     Bb          Ab
And all the emptiness you filled with hope
            Gm                            Bb          Ab
And all the blood and the muscle and the skin and the bone
            Gm                            Bb          Ab
And all the veins and the cells and the molecules
            Gm                          Bb          Ab
And all the atoms divided that made up you
            Gm                  Bb          Ab
And all the vast potential you hold inside
            Gm                 Bb          Ab
All the infinite darkness and all of the light