Make Me As You Are Intro: Gm D Eb D Gm D Eb D Gm D Bb Cm I cannot hide what I've become it's clear a mother knows her son F Bb Eb D And even though your sight grows dim you see the pallor of my skin Gm D Bb Cm The blood red eyes sunk in my face you feel the chill in my embrace F Bb Cm D The Gothic legend of your youth stands here tonight as God's own truth And from that truth I feel no fear two kinds of death are present here Mine's the age-old act of dying but yours is like the Phoenix rising Your mother's frail and feeble husk will soon be nothing more than dust So let's not dwell on wasted years my time is short, my choice is clear Bb Make me as you are Bb/Ab Gsus4 G Tear the hands off clocks that tick away my final hours Cm F I want to rage against the light And leave the sun behind D Gm I want to feel the path of everlasting youth inside Eb F/Eb G Cm/A G/B Cm Take me, give me new life and we'll live beneath the stars F Fm/Ab Eb Fsu4 F Bb Together and forever I beg you, Make me as you are Repeat intro: Gm D Eb D Gm D Eb D This cursed gift with which I live I know not if it's mine to give But out of love I can't refuse With much to gain; nothing to lose The risk is mine, and if we fail I'll shake the demons by their tails And spit into the devil's face and say hell's now was damn, this place I'm still a fledgling in this frame I've only killed when hunger reigned Death was final in my wake but yes this is the chance we'll take Oh blessed thoughts of sweet release from nagging nurse, and hovering priest To rid myself of stoop and cane to breathe without this burning pain Bb Make Me As You Are Bb/Ab Gsus4 G Tear the wings off angels that would lift me from your heart Cm F I want to dance beneath the moon and slip into the dark D Gm I want to feel the night awaken when I leave my mark Eb F/Eb G Cm/A G/B Cm Take me, give me new life and we'll live beneath the stars F Fm/Ab Eb Fsus4 F Together and forever, I beg you Make Me, Make Me, Bb Make Me As You Are Bb/Ab Gsus4 G Tear the hands off clocks that tick away my final hours Cm F I want to rage against the light and leave the sun behind D Gm I want to feel the path of everlasting youth inside Eb F/Eb G Cm/A G/B Cm Take me, give me new life and we'll live beneath the stars F Together and forever Fm/Ab Eb Fsus4 F BbaddE AmaddF I beg you, Make Me As You Are Ab Eb Fsus4 F BbaddE Bb I beg you, Make Me As You Are Transcribed by Darren Crosby