Innocence Maintained
Jewel KilcherVersion1
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Chords in this song
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Ophelia drowned in the water
Crushed by her own weight
Hitler loved little blue-eyed boys
And it drove him to hate
Birds always grow silent before the night descends
?Cause nature has a funny way of breaking what does not bend
A hero's torso built of steel and Novocain
His heart a bitter beat inside a bloodless frame
There was a hole inside his soul a manicure could not fill
So he found himself a whore to love
While daises choked in the window sill
We've made houses for hatred
It's time we made a place
Where people's souls may be seen and made safe
Be careful with each other, these fragile flames
For innocence can't be lost, it just needs to be maintained
A small town in Ohio
Two boys are filled with violence
And darkness spreads its legs for hate and ignorance
We are given to a god to put our faith therein
But to be forgiven, we must first believe in sin
I want to live bravely and love without fear
I want to always feel the wings of grace near
We all will be Christed when we hear ourselves say
We are that to which we pray
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Readable chord sheet for Innocence Maintained by Jewel Kilcher
Ophelia dro[D]wned in the water Crushed by [D]her own weight Hitler loved li[C]ttle blue-eyed boys And it dro[C]ve him to hate Birds always grow si[D]lent before the night descends ?Cause [D]nature has a funny way of breaking what does n[G]ot bend A hero's to[D]rso built of steel and Novocain His heart a b[D]itter beat inside a bloodless frame There was a hole i[C]nside his soul a manicure could[D] not fill So he found [D]himself a whore to love While daises choked in the wi[G]ndow sill We've m[D]ade houses for h[C]atred It's ti[G]me we made a place Where peo[D]ple's s[C]ouls may be see[G]n and made safe Be c[D]areful with ea[C]ch other, th[G]ese fragile flames For i[D]nnocence c[C]an't be lost, it just n[D]eeds to [C]be mai[G]ntained A small town in Ohio Two boys are filled with violence And darkness spreads its legs for hate and ignorance We are given to a god to put our faith therein But to be forgiven, we must first believe in sin [A] [G] [A] [G] [A] [G] [A] [G] I want to live bravely and love without fear I want to always feel the wings of grace near We all will be Christed when we hear ourselves say We are that to which we pray