Fiction
  by V C Morrison

         Am                 E                Am
You found me swimming in a glass
       Am       E                          Am
Of cold regrets and numbing afterthoughts
          Am               E                Am
I grew tired of the bleeding of my heart.
          Am              E                Am
You sealed my heart and set it free.

         Am                      E                Am
You pushed away the world and let me in.
         Am                 E                    Am 
You spread me smoothly on your canvas.
       Am                 E                Am
Created me with silken afterglow
       Am                 E                Am
To take away the coldness of my skin


[chorus]
Dm     C               F
I don't want to be real.
Dm     C               F
Just remake me in words.
Dm     C               F
I don't want to be real.
Dm                        C                 Bb                  
Take away the greyness of my soul
                          Dm
And make me fiction


In your arms I do not fear
Of the trembling in my soul.
In your arms I am released
Of the musings of  mortality.

I'm content to lie and watch you
Spilling forth the beauty of your mind,
Covering my flesh in wonder.
Make me forget all my desires.


[chorus]


G                           B
Beyond the Ivory Gate
C                                   D
You dance with me in moonlight.
G                   B                        C       D
And I don't see why that's so bad.
G                             B
But my friends are frowning 
C                           D
And hate to talk about you.
          G                           B                   C          
        D
Who cares if I haven't seen them in three weeks?
          G                      B            C         G
They think that I'll eventually die.
             G                 B
But it's better than being awake.

(don't wake me up...)

[guitar solo]
[chorus]

I want to be the ink on your page
I want to feel the shifting colors
Please don't stop, I'm almost there.
Just a little more and I'll see the universe