The Lamia Chords

[Verse 1]
B                F#maj7    Emaj7
The scent grows richer, he knows he must be
D#m
near,
C#m             D#m               Fm           Emaj7
He finds a long passageway lit by chandelier.
B                        F#maj7
Each step he takes, the perfumes change
      Emaj7                D#m
From familiar fragrance to flavors strange.
C#m           D#m              Emaj7 G#m B D#m E
A magnificent chamber meets his eye.
 
B              F#maj7             Emaj7
Inside, a long rose-water pool is shrouded by 
D#m
fine mist.
C#m                   D#m7           Fm
Stepping in the moist silence, with a warm 
Emaj7
breeze he's gently kissed.
 
B                    F#maj7
Thinking he is quite alone,
Emaj7                        D#m
He enters the room, as if it were his own,
C#m7               D#m7
But ripples on the sweet pink water
Fm7                  Emaj7
Reveal some company unthought of
 
[Verse 2]
 
Cm                                   Gm
Rael stands astonished doubting his sight,
          G#maj7             D#maj7
Struck by beauty, gripped in fright;
Cm                               Gm
Three vermilion snakes of female face.
             G#maj7              D#maj7
The smallest motion, filled with grace.
Gm    Dm       F        Em      D
Muted melodies fill the echoing hall,
Gm        Dm    F       Em      Em7    Bm      D
But there is no sign of warning in the siren's call:
Gm    Dm       Am         Em    Bm     F#m C#m
"Rael welcome, we are the Lamia of the pool.
 A           E       A       E         F#m       C#m    F#m C#mm G#m A
We have been waiting for our waters to bring you cool.”
 
 
 
[Verse 3]
B            F#maj7         Emaj7
Putting fear beside him, he trusts in beauty 
D#m       C#m
blind,
C#m                D#m                Fm
He slips into the nectar, leaving his shredded 
Emaj7
clothes behind.
B                         F#maj7
"With their tongues, they test, taste and judge 
Emaj7      D#m
all that is mine.
     C#m       D#m
They move in a series of caresses
     Fm7                   Emaj7      G#m B D#m E
That glide up and down my spine.
 
B                  F#maj7               Emaj7   D#m
As they nibble the fruit of my flesh, I feel no pain,
C#m    D#m          Fm          Emaj7
Only a magic that a name would stain.
B                         F#maj7
With the first drop of my blood in their veins
        Emaj7                       D#m
Their faces are convulsed in mortal pains.
    C#m             D#m7                      Fm
The fairest cries, 'We all have loved you Rael'."
 
[Verse 4]
Cm                        Gm
Each empty snakelike body floats,
       G#maj7          D#maj7
Silent sorrow in empty boats.
Cm                          Gm
A sickly sourness fills the room,
           G#maj7             D#maj7
The bitter harvest of a dying bloom.
Gm          Dm       F       Em       D
Looking for motion I know I will not find,
   Gm        Dm        F       Em       Em7       Bm    D
I stroke the curls now turning pale, in which I'd lain entwined
Gm   Dm        Am         Em            Bm
"O Lamia, your flesh that remains I will take as 
F#m C#m
my food"
A         E        A           E
It is the scent of garlic that lingers on my 
F#m       C#m
chocolate fingers.
 
 
 
[Outro]
B       F#maj7 F#      Emaj7                D#m7
Looking behind me, the water turns icy blue,
      C#m                 D#m           Fm
The lights are dimmed and once again the stage is set for you.
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