Okkervil River - We need a myth
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We need a mGyth
We need an amethyst brBmidge
We need a high hanging cEmliff
Jump, fall and lift
We can mCake it
But we need a myth
We need a path through the mist
Like in our beds, we were just kids
Like what was said by our parents
G#m
A myth
'Cause what we're after is jC#ust this
A myth
'Cause what we're after is just this
We need a mAyth
I feel my heart's like a C#mfist
Words spilling out of the blessed F#mlips
Of any prophet or goDddess
I need a myth
Brought back to life by a kiss
Scrape away grey cement
Show me the world as it was again
As it was in a myth
A red ribbon to reconnect
The lady's head to her neck
And to forget that her throat was ever slit
'Cause what we're after is jBbust this
It's a mEbyth
'Cause what we're after is just this
And I'm G#msick of all these piF#cture books that tEry
To steal some old reflections for their light
But desperate measures point to desperate times
And that's F#why
We need a myth
B(IEbmnstrG#mumenEtal)
We're cut adBrift
We need a mass uEbmplift
The world is trembling and weG#meping
Just at the point of belEieving
In a myth
The sun that shines on my head
The moon that lights me to bed
Were two identical twins
Inside of a myth
I heard the voice of a friend
On Lethe's banks, wading in
And he said, "Before I forget...”
We need a mC#yth
As we lean in to Fmkiss
To get two nails through the Bbmwrist
To get covered in bF#lood
And to get covered in spit
And to forC#give
And if all we're taught is a trick
Why would this feeling persist?
And with the truth closing in
I must insist
We need a myth
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As the song progresses, they use barre chords further up the neck; for example, even
though the last set of chords has an F-minor in it, you'll want to do it at the 7th fret
instead of the 1st if you want to be as accurate as possible.