[Intro - almost empty] [cello alone, sea below] Blame it on the moon... I do. [Verse 1 - low, close, restrained] [voice and swell only] Morning finds me underground though no one dug a grave Every little sound has teeth every touch becomes a weight I've seen these walls a hundred times I know each crack, each scar Still every time the darkness comes I forget where the exits are [Pause] [Pre-Chorus - slowly building] [low strings enter, far] Don't ask me what's wrong Tomorrow I might swear there was nothing wrong at all [Chorus - HIT, wide and heavy] [toms break like surf] BLAME IT ON THE MOON blame it on the tide She can pull an ocean by its throat imagine what she does inside [cry] BLAME IT ON THE MOON hanging beautiful above while I'm asking the ground to OPEN and SWALLOW EVERYTHING I WAS [everything drops] [only cello and voice] God, I love her... I HATE what she can do Blame it on the moon [Verse 2 - darker, pressure growing] [strings closer, pulse low] She gets to break and still be whole lose half herself and call it normal She gets to darken, disappear and no one asks what's wrong in here But when my tide comes rushing in I become someone I can't defend I say the things that cut the deepest then wake up with blood beneath my nails [drop] She disappears, then comes back new I wish that I could do that TOO... [Pre-Chorus - fragile then rising] [strings rising behind her] Don't tell me it'll pass I KNOW That's not the same as knowing how to make it through... [Chorus - harder than before] [surf wider, strings higher] BLAME IT ON THE MOON blame it on the tide She can pull an ocean by its throat imagine what she does inside BLAME IT ON THE MOON hanging beautiful above while I'm asking the ground to OPEN and SWALLOW EVERYTHING I WAS [cut] God, I love her... I HATE what she can do BLAME IT ON THE MOON [Bridge - starts low, keeps building] [toms building, strings climbing] Maybe that's what hurts the most she never has to explain She goes dark and they call it phases I go dark and call it shame She loses pieces of herself and STILL BELONGS UP IN THE SKY I lose pieces of myself and DON'T KNOW WHICH OF THEM IS MINE [Breakdown - everything falls away] [sea pulls back, sub alone] So open up OPEN UP If the sky won't let me go LET THE EARTH TAKE ME BELOW [dead silence] Just for tonight... Just till I learn my own name again [Final Chorus - FULL EMOTIONAL COLLAPSE] [full tide, strings octave up] BLAME IT ON THE MOON BLAME IT ON THE TIDE Blame the hands I cannot see PULLING EVERYTHING APART INSIDE BLAME IT ON THE MOON I'd still choose her over the sun MAYBE LOVE IS LOOKING UP KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT SHE'S DONE [falling apart] [Outro - exhausted, almost empty] [cello alone, waves fading] She disappears then comes back new I wish that I could do that too Blame it on the moon... I do
