Demon

 
   F#             E       C#m 
I try to write to contain my life 
 G#m       G# 
To love my wife 
 C#m     C#m/C   C#m/B   C#m/Bb 
I try to write a broken wing 
 A        E      F#m    
I try to sing pretty things 
   F#             E       C#m 
Found a tunnel underneath the road 
 G#m      G#       C#m     C#m/C   C#m/B   C#m/Bb 
A place I go to sing with echo, echo, echo 
 A        E      F#m    
I thought I let go, thought I let go 
 

 
E                A                E               A 
Been trying to receive it, but my demon's still breathing 
   E                   A                   E              A 
I thought that I had killed it, but it's crawling in the weeds again 
    E             A               E            A 
My demon is my darkness, and my darkness is my angel 
   G#7                             A7 
I taught him how to read, now I'm teaching him to write 
 

 
   F#             E       C#m 
Six dimensions unobserved 
 G#m       G#         C#m     C#m/C   C#m/B   C#m/Bb 
The shape of love in Calabi-Yau manifolds 
 A        E      F#m    
The more I learn, the less I know 
   F#             E       C#m 
Stole that last line from my friend 
 G#m      G#       C#m     C#m/C   C#m/B   C#m/Bb 
Tucker Zimer-zim-zim-zimmerman 
 A        E      F#m    
The line between us all is thin 
 

 
E                A                E               A 
Been trying to receive it, but my demon's still breathing 
   E                   A                   E              A 
I thought that I had killed it, but it's crawling in the weeds again 
    E             A               E            A 
My demon is my darkness, and my darkness is my angel 
   G#7                             A7 
I taught him how to read, now I'm teaching him to write