C        Dm
Promises given
    C        Dm
And promises broken
C              Dm
Words stain my lips
          Am          Dm
Just like blood on my hands

    C              Dm
And words are like poison
     C                 Dm
That sinks down inside you
     C              Dm
And some things you do
         Am         Dm
You just don't understand

   C       Dm
I offer no reason
   C         Dm
I ask for no pity
  C         Dm
I make no excuse
        Am         Dm
For the way that I am

    C              Dm
And words are like poison
     C                 Dm
That sinks down inside you
    C               Dm
And some things you do
         Am          Dm
You just don't understand

    C        Dm
If God is my witness
     C          Dm
Then God is my savior
       C           Dm
But if you are my judge
         Am      Dm
Then I'm already damned

    C               Dm
And words are like poison
     C            Dm
That sinks down inside you
    C               Dm
And some things you do
         Am         Dm
You just don't understand

     C          Dm
And would if my fingers
    C           Dm
To cut off and give you
       C        Dm
Could gain my redemption
    Am         Dm
I'd cut off my hands

    C              Dm
But words are like poison
     C             Dm
That bends you and blinds you
    C               Dm
And some things you do
         Am          Dm
You just don't understand

   C          Dm
So this is my story
    C              Dm
And I hope that it finds you
    C           Dm
For your sweet attention
  Am       Dm
I cannot demand

    C              Dm
And words are like poison
     C            Dm
That lives down inside you
    C               Dm
And some things you do
         Am          Dm
You just don't understand