Cm       Cmmaj7
Birth by birth
      Cm7              F
We're cast out on this earth
     Fm         C          G
To a welcome of blood and screams
Cm        Cmmaj7
Days roll past
    Cm7               F
Any one might be your last
       Fm          C        G     G#dim
As you run at your fleeting dreams


[Pre-Chorus]
Am       Am/G   F
And when you're gone
     Fm              G#m  D#
Your ghost can carry on


[Chorus]
             F                  Fm              G#m  D#
If you never taste it you don't know what it's about
             F                Fm             G#m
If you never face it you're a case of no way out


[Verse 2]
Cm      Cmmaj7
Day and night
Cm7          F
Darkness and light
          Fm          C        G   G#dim
You'll be measured by light of day


[Pre-Chorus]
Am     Am/G  F
But in the   end
    Fm                G#m   D#
The darkness was your friend


[Chorus]
             F                  Fm              G#m    D#
If you never taste it you don't know what it's about
             F                Fm             G#m    D#
If you never face it you're a case of no way out
                   F             Fm             G#m    D#
They'll give you a fairy tale to take away your doubt
              F                 Fm             G#m    D#
If you just embrace it you're a case of no way out


[Outro]
| F       | Fm      | G#m      | D#      |
| F       | Fm      | G#m      | G#m     |
| Cm      | Cmmaj7  | Cm7      | F       |