Standard (EADGBE)

Helpless, she lies across the stairs

Haunting your days, consuming your prayers

There will be healing, but don't force this girl to stand

 As she's counting the ceilings, with pale voice and trembling hands

You told me life was long, but now that it's gone,

 You find yourself on top, as the leader of a flock

Called to be around for those below

Whispered notes from the piano in the corner of the room

Hold your throat, is that healing that you're hearing in her tune?

Wanting change, but loving her just as she lies

 Is the burden of the man who's built his life on love

You told me life was long, but now that it's gone,

 You find yourself on top, as the leader of a flock

Called to be around for those below

I'll be locked up and stored

In a lavender ward

'Cause my mind is just like hers,

 just as broken, just as crippled, just as burned

 And then I find myself on top, as the leader of a flock

Called to be around for those below