Intro: F  C  Dm  F 

       F                    C 
I just wanted to be so much better than me 
      Dm                      F 
But I lost the talisman, so I could not be free 

        F                      C 
And the ladies they watch as I sneer through my scarves  
      Dm                       F 
And I smirk mischievously and imagine they had the hearts 

       F                     C 
Then I got up and left and I turned a corner right 
         Dm                                 F 
Though I could not keep my rent, there were shadows in my sights  

     F                               C 
As I shuffle through the dark I was a heading to the park 
      Dm                           F 
But I did not become afraid when I heard he dogs starts to bark 

   F                                   C 
It might have been cold or warm, but I did not seem to care  
      Dm                    F 
I was waving my arms in the aeromatic air 

       F                         C 
Then I fell to the ground, but I heard a million sounds  
           Dm                                    F 
There were whistles there were bells. There were screams and exploding shells  

        F                             C 
I found teeth marks in my thigh and I started to cry 
          Dm                   F 
No longer wanted to try, but I did not ask why  

          F                         C 
Then your hollow, hollow face was emerging from the willow trees 
         Dm                            F 
Though I could not see your eyes I continued to gaze with ease 

     F                                C  
And away my silent lover, you're just changing with the grass 
      Dm                          F 
Oh so slowly you float, oh so so gracefully you pass 

      F                               C 
And I do not see you smile. You don't talk, you don't laugh 
           Dm                       F 
You're the Shepard of my sheep, the keeper of my golden calf 

         F                         C 
And your love is truly true, mysterious, handsome too  
       Dm                          F 
In the wind and in the rain, never had to be pursued  

         F                                C  
When I'm cold and in the gutter, I simply shut my eyes so tight  
        Dm                             F 
Sitting warm it makes me shudder and I soon feel alright  

    F                             C 
And away my silent lover, one day we'll shall be together  
           Dm                               F 
There will remain no contemplation, no more schemes or endeavors  

        F                          C 
When my heart disintegrates and my voice is no more 
      Dm                          F 
We'll eternally be mates from the horizon to the shore 

        F                                C 
But for now it's all nostalgia, you're a cinematic spector  
          Dm                           F 
Cast your image from the blinds by the glow of the old projector  

    F 
And away my silent lover  
C                         Dm    
And away my silent lover