C Ever consider From boiling water the residue? A sea full of people But after the action who's left with you? F They're standing on others. You're standing on hope to see you through. C The atmosphere's waning They stand on your toes they breathe with you C Em F With virgin eye and heart of cold C I swear it's not the way I thought it would be Em F With heart of cold and mind of child C I swear it's not the way I thought it would be C And of the others? Fools in a glass house throwing stones Delusions of lacking Unless one can top it leave it alone F A no - alee dream place Where waves in my blood crash violent tone C And after all effort The pain and the rain claim you their own C Em F With virgin eye and heart of cold C I swear it's not the way I thought it would be Em F With heart of cold and mind of child G I swear it's not the way I thought it would be F (with heavy palm muting) C Em F With virgin eye and heart of cold and mind of child C I swear it's not the way I thought it would be Em F With mind of child and heart of cold C Em* Em F I swear it's not the way I thought it would be F C Em* Em F Not the way I thought it would be F C Em* Em F Not the way I thought it would be F C Em* Em F Not the way I thought it would be C Em F With virgin eye and heart of cold and mind of child C I swear it's not the way I thought it would be Em F With mind of child and heart of cold C I swear it's not the way I thought it would be C Em F With virgin eye and heart of cold C I swear it's not the way I thought it would be Em F With heart of cold and mind of child C I swear it's not the way I thought it would be *The bass plays Eb here, so it sounds slightly strange. If you don't have a bassist playing with you, you could play it as Em/Eb or just Eb if you want.