Being As An Ocean - Black and blue

^EmHave ^Dyou ^Cever ^Gheard that ^Emlove is a metap^Dhor? A metaphor ^Emfor the taste of the bottom ^GThe fall to the floor (The fall to the ^Emfloor) ^CI fall to the f^Dloor

^EmI remember me and you ^GI remember what you did ^CI remember being numb ^DI remember feeling sick ^EmFor the taste of the bottom, the fall to the ^Gfloor Have you ever heard that love is a meta^Cphor

^DAnd now I'm failing you (I want you to listen very, very carefully)

^CLike the serpent's t^Dongue ^DLike the storm that shakes ^Emme ^EmLike the hand that ^Gbeats me, until I'm black and ^Cblue ^CLike the autumn ^Dchill ^DLike the love that ^Emfailed me Let the Earth rem^Gove me ^GBlack and blue ^{C D D}Black and blue ^{Em G C}

^EmHave you ever heard that death is a ^Gmetaphor? A metaphor ^Cfor, "What if I'm not good enough? ^DWhat if I'm not strong enough? ^EmWhat if I'm not kind enough ^Gfor what happens next? ^CFor what happens then?"

^CLike the serpent's t^Dongue ^DLike the storm that shakes ^Emme ^EmLike the hand that ^Gbeats me, until I'm black and ^Cblue ^CLike the autumn ^Dchill ^DLike the love that ^Emfailed me Let the Earth rem^Gove me ^GBlack and blue ^{C D} (^DBlack and ^Emblue)^Em

(^CLike the serpent's t^Dongue) Like the serpent's tongue (^DLike the storm that shakes ^Emme)

(^EmThe hand that ^Gbeats me) The hand that beats me black and ^Cblue (^CLike the autumn ^Dchill)

(^DLike the love that ^Emfailed me) Lo-ove, lo-ove ^GLo-o-ove ^GBlack and ^Emblue ^{D C}