C#m                              A
The daring of despair has led me back to my old home
C#m                              A
Paralyzed by patterns, squeezing blood out of a stone
       C#m                              Bm
You're sitting there before me, but I'm haunted by your ghost
Bm                             Cm
Cast up by the tempest here on some deserted shore

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Em                                  E
I wish you loved me more, enough to stay when morning comes
Em                             F#
All the damage, all the way, I wish it all were done

[Chorus]
      Bm                        F#
'Cause I just can't stop loving you
                 Em
No matter what I do or how hard I might try
  F#
I can't let go, so still I cry
      Bm                        F#
'Cause I just can't stop loving you
                 Bm
No matter what I do

Bm

[Verse 2]
    C#m                               A
The butterfly flies to the light, but I head for the mire
C#m                         A
Captivated by your cruelty, tortured by desire
      C#m                           Bm
We're only bones and bruises now, sadistic, base and vile
Bm                                     Cm
You bring out all the worst in me, you make me like a child

[Pre-Chorus 2]
      Em                              E
We're toxic but it feels so good, I'm crying through a smile
      Em                                F#
We're gutting all the ones we love, but doing it in style

[Chorus]
      Bm                        F#
'Cause I just can't stop loving you
                 Em
No matter what I do or how hard I might cry
  F#
I can't let go, so still I try
      Bm                        F#
'Cause I just can't stop loving you
                 Bm
No matter what I do

[Bridge]
G                    Bm
Unending echoes in a resonating shell
           Em
We have created our own hell
               F#
All steeped in lies
G                            Bm
We dream too much to try and sleep
                       Em
This is the tyranny of weakness
                             F#
We could leave, but we won't try

[Chorus]
      Bm                        F#
'Cause I just can't stop loving you
                 Em
No matter what I do or how hard I might cry
  F#
I can't let go, I die inside
      Bm                        F#
'Cause I just can't stop loving you
                 Bm
No matter what I do