Cassandra (Acoustic)

[Verse 1]

I used to see the future and now I see nothing

They cut out my eyes and sent me home packing

To pace around the kitchen for scraps of inspiration

Crying like Cassandra, I

Used to tell the future, but they cut out my tongue

And left me doing laundry to think on what I'd done

It wasn't me, it was the song

[Verse 2]

I used to move into the future and bring it all back

Let it bleed through my fingers, a treasure in my hands

Now I creep out when there's no one about

'Cause they put crosses on the doors to try and keep me out

The gardеn's overgrown

And I run in the middle of thе road

[Chorus]

Well, can you see me?

I cannot see you

Everything I thought I knew has fallen out of view

In this blindness I'm condemned to

Well, can you hear me?

I cannot hear you

And every song I thought I knew, I've been deafened to

And there's no one left to sing to

[Verse 3]

And all the gods have been domesticated

And Heaven is now overrated

And the churches, they all closed their doors

Well, you can take your complaints straight to the Lord

I try to still look with wonder on the world

As the roses bloom

And the riot van still plainly in view

[Chorus]

Well, can you see me?

I cannot see you

Everything I thought I knew has fallen out of view

In this blindness that I'm condemned to

Well, can you hear me?

I cannot hear you

And every song I thought I knew, I've been deafened to

And there's no one left to sing to

[Bridge]

(Ooh)

(Ooh)

(Ooh, oh)

Take me back (Ooh)

Oh, drunken gods of slaughter (Ooh)

You know I've always been your favourite daughter (Ooh, oh)

[Chorus]

Well, can you see me?

I cannot see you

And everything I thought I knew has fallen out of view

In this blindness I'm condemned to

And if I run fast enough

Well, could I break apart

As empires crumble and cathedrals flatten in my heart?