intro = 2 x [ 1 ]
my love is selfish [ 1 ]
and i bet that yours is too [ 2 ]
what is this peculiar word called truth [ 3 ]
[ 4 ]
my love is selfish [ 1 ]
ad it cares not who it hurts [ 2 ]
it will cut you out to satisfy its thirst [ 3 ]
for the meaning of a ritual so habitual and cursed [ 4 ]

my love is selfish [ 1 ]
how it separates the earth [ 2 ]
it takes every shiny stone but leaves the dirt [ 3 ]
for the cowards in the corner who just don’t know what they’re worth [ 4 ]
they’ve been twisted by a hollow kind of pain [ 3 ]
oh i can see it in their eyes but i ignore it every day [ 4 ]

but my love is selfish [ 1 ]
and remembers everything [ 2 ]
like the first time it was moved enough to sing [ 3 ]
how it dangled on that stage just like a puppet on a string [ 4 ]

the meaning of a ritual [ 4 ]
the meaning of a ritual [ 4 ]
the meaning of a ritual [ 4 ]
the meaning of a ritual [ 4 ]
the meaning of a ritual [ 4 ]
oh the meaning of a ritual [ 4 ]

A ( 1 bar ) D ( 3 bars ) = = = [ 1 ]
Bm ( 1 bar ) A ( 1 bar ) E ( 2 bars ) = = = [ 2 ]
C#m ( 2 bars ) – F#m ( 2 bars ) = = = [ 3 ]
B/D ( 1 bar ) – A/D ( 1 bar ) – G#/D ( 2 bars ) = = = [ 4 ]