Cm                 Gm 
From morning to night I stayed out of sight 
Dm                     F 
Didn't recognize I'd become 
   Cm                  Gm 
No more than alive I'd barely survive 
Dm              F 
In a word...overrun 
 
             Gm            Dm 
Won't hear a sound from my mouth 
               Gm                 Dm 
I've spent too long on the inside out 
           Gm                Dm 
My skin is cold to the human touch 
              Gm                  Dm    F 
This bleeding heart's not beating much 
 
  Cm                Gm 
I murmured a vow of silence and now 
Dm                              F 
I don't even hear when I think aloud 
  Cm                    Gm 
Extinguished by light I turn on the night 
Dm                              F 
Wear its darkness with an empty smile 
 
Ab 
I'm creeping back to life 
   G 
My nervous system all awry 
Ab                     Bb 
I'm wearing the inside out 
 
Cm                    Gm 
Look at him now, he's paler somehow 
Dm                 F 
  But he's coming around 
     Cm                              Gm 
He's starting to choke, it's been so long since he spoke 
Dm                                       F 
Well he can have the words right from my mouth 
 
               Gm          Dm 
And with these words I can see 
                  Gm                  Dm 
Clear through the clouds that covered me 
             Gm                 Dm 
Just give it time then speak my name 
           Gm              Dm 
Now we can hear ourselves again 
 
            Gm          Dm 
I'm holding out for the day 
               Gm                Dm 
When all these clouds have blown away 
             Gm                  Dm 
I'm with you now, can speak your name 
           Gm             Dm    F  Bb 
Now we can hear ourselves again