Intro: G BGAG Verse 1: Bm G I dreamt of a Russian doll bride A G Who spun on the points of her feet like a child Bm G D But I had the terminal pride of an older man Bm G There?s a Passover cross on the post A G But the angel descends in the shape of a crow Em C D G And buries its beak in our unfused bones, like it?s ok Chorus: Em C D C Bm Am Like a moth goes sad and soft in the streetlights? umbilical glow: G It was love that laid us low BGAG Verse 2: Bm G I worked out of town after dark A G With apocryphal men in a cold weather mask Bm G D I guess she did best to depart in the Dark Night of the Soul Bm G By nature you?re mild and you?re meek A G But they say that you?re judged by the company you keep Em C D G Merrily spitting up salt when you speak, like it?s ok BCDEm Chorus: Em C D C Bm Am Like a moth goes sad and soft in the streetlight?s umbilical glow Em C D C Bm Am Like a pilgrim father kneels in a land where his god doesn?t go Em C D C Bm Am Like every seed in the sycamore tree will turn its back on its home: Bm C It was love that laid us low G It was love that laid us low Outro: BAGEm2 BAGEm2 BAGEm2 BAGEm2