[intro] x2 Bm F# G D Em7 [verse] Bm F# I saved every letter you wrote me G D From the moment I read them Em7 Bm I knew you were mine F# You said you were mine G D Em7 I thought you were mine Bm F# Do you know what Angelica said G D Em7 When we saw your first letter arrive? She said Bm F# “Be careful with that one, love G D He will do what it takes to survive.” [pre-chorus] Em7 Bm F# You and your words flooded my senses G D Your sentences left me defenseless Em7 Bm F# You built me palaces out of paragraphs G D Em7 You built cathedrals Bm F# I’m re-reading the letters you wrote me G D I’m searching and scanning for answers Em7 Bm In every line F# For some kind of sign G And when you were mine The world seemed to [chorus] D/A Bm F#m F#m/E F#/D Gmaj7 Burn D/A Bm F#m F#m/E F#/D Gmaj7 Burn [verse] Bm F# You published the letters she wrote you G D You told the whole world how you brought Em7 Bm This girl into our bed F# G D Em7 In clearing your name, you have ruined our lives Bm F# G Do you know what Angelica said D Em7 When she read what you’d done? Bm She said F# “You have married an Icarus G D He has flown too close to the sun.” [pre-chorus] Em7/C# Bm F# You and your words, obsessed with your legacy... G D Your sentences border on senseless Em7 Bm F# And you are paranoid in every paragraph G How they perceive you You, you, you… Bm F# I’m erasing myself from the narrative G D Em7 Let future historians wonder how Eliza Bm F# Reacted when you broke her heart G You have torn it all apart I am watching it [chorus] D/A Bm F#m F#m/E F#/D Gmaj7 Burn D/A Bm F#m F#m/E F#/D Gmaj7 Watching it burn [bridge] A D The world has no right to my heart D/Bb The world has no place in our bed Bm7 Gmaj7 They don’t get to know what I said A D I’m burning the memories D/Bb Bm7 Burning the letters that might have redeemed you Gmaj7 A D You forfeit all rights to my heart D/Bb You forfeit the place in our bed Bm7 Gmaj7 You'll sleep in your office instead A D With only the memories D/Bb D/F# D/E D G Of when you were mine [outro] Bm F# G D Em7 Bm9 I hope that you burn