[Am] [-] [F] [-] [E] [-] [Am]
[Am]hello it's me the mistress
[Am]is there anybody home?
[F]cuz the last place I should be is sittin' here alone
[E]all I ask for is forgiveness
[E]if you've got some give it here
[Am]you don't act much like you need it
[Am]you don't look much like you care
[Am]and will you need me in the summer?
[Am]will you need me in the spring?
[F]I believe my life is ending I don't know where to begin
[E]I've got a page in my back pocket of the seven deadly sins
[Am]and its dragging me around among the needles and the pins
[Am]and I dont need to take a breather
[Am]I'm on the outside looking out
[Am]yeah, I don't need to see your papers
[F]cuz I know what you're about
[E]you had me by the bible and you had me by the belt
[Am]and you had me from the instant my cold love began to melt
[Am]and then you praise me for my inspiration
[Am]asked me for an explanation
[Am]followed up with hesitation
[F]fit my primal expectation
[E]I don't care but I don't mind
[E]you can call me any time
[Am]you can holler through the fortress
[Am]and kick me out of line
[Am]I don't expect it from the grief that gathers in my head
[F]I like suspended disbelief
[F]I like to spend the day in bed
[E]I like to spend the nights in heaven
[E]hanging with the dead
[Am]you know, Judas and his women and the voices in my head
[Am]I've got my eyes upon the mirror
[Am]I've got my hands up in the air
[F]I confess to my distress yeah, I great crazier each year
[E]you know I'd change it if I could you know I like to say that I would
[Am]but there's a war between the parts of me
[Am]the evil and the good
[Am]and you try and stop me i'm on fire
[Am]it doesn't look that way
[F]you know, I used to be a liar
[F]but living's set me straight
[E]I don't come with no disclaimer I'm like everybody else
[Am]we keep our demons on the burner and our morals on the shelf
[Am]and nobody asks for my opinion because you dont want to hear
[F]I swear I'm only human wishing I could disappear
[E]and you must think its an illusion that I like to live in fear
[Am]of a probable solution of why the devil put me here
[Am]and now no judgement call will kill me
[Am]just makes me close my eyes
[F]and I sink into the slumber to the prison of my mind
[E]where I'd love to introduce you
[E]if you found a way inside
[Am]you could sell me retribution and totally demystify
[Am]until i wonder how I got here
[Am]until I don't know who to be
[F]is it better to be grounded?
[F]is it better to be free?
[E]am I better off without you?
[E]am I happier alone?
[Am]hello, its me the mistress, could you please pick up the phone?
[Am]hello it's me the mistress
[Am]is there anybody home?
[F]cuz the last place I should be is sittin' here alone
[E]all I ask for is forgiveness
[E]if you've got some give it here
[Am]you don't act much like you need it
[Am]you don't look much like you care
[Am]and will you need me in the summer?
[Am]will you need me in the spring?
[F]I believe my life is ending I don't know where to begin
[E]I've got a page in my back pocket of the seven deadly sins
[Am]and its dragging me around among the needles and the pins
[Am]and I dont need to take a breather
[Am]I'm on the outside looking out
[Am]yeah, I don't need to see your papers
[F]cuz I know what you're about
[E]you had me by the bible and you had me by the belt
[Am]and you had me from the instant my cold love began to melt
[Am]and then you praise me for my inspiration
[Am]asked me for an explanation
[Am]followed up with hesitation
[F]fit my primal expectation
[E]I don't care but I don't mind
[E]you can call me any time
[Am]you can holler through the fortress
[Am]and kick me out of line
[Am]I don't expect it from the grief that gathers in my head
[F]I like suspended disbelief
[F]I like to spend the day in bed
[E]I like to spend the nights in heaven
[E]hanging with the dead
[Am]you know, Judas and his women and the voices in my head
[Am]I've got my eyes upon the mirror
[Am]I've got my hands up in the air
[F]I confess to my distress yeah, I great crazier each year
[E]you know I'd change it if I could you know I like to say that I would
[Am]but there's a war between the parts of me
[Am]the evil and the good
[Am]and you try and stop me i'm on fire
[Am]it doesn't look that way
[F]you know, I used to be a liar
[F]but living's set me straight
[E]I don't come with no disclaimer I'm like everybody else
[Am]we keep our demons on the burner and our morals on the shelf
[Am]and nobody asks for my opinion because you dont want to hear
[F]I swear I'm only human wishing I could disappear
[E]and you must think its an illusion that I like to live in fear
[Am]of a probable solution of why the devil put me here
[Am]and now no judgement call will kill me
[Am]just makes me close my eyes
[F]and I sink into the slumber to the prison of my mind
[E]where I'd love to introduce you
[E]if you found a way inside
[Am]you could sell me retribution and totally demystify
[Am]until i wonder how I got here
[Am]until I don't know who to be
[F]is it better to be grounded?
[F]is it better to be free?
[E]am I better off without you?
[E]am I happier alone?
[Am]hello, its me the mistress, could you please pick up the phone?
