C#m
There were rooms of forgiveness
            C#m
In the house that we share
                C#m
But the space has been emptied
                  C#m
Of whatever was there
                 C#m
There were cupboards of patience
                 C#m
There were shelf loads of care
               C#m
But whoever came calling
            C#m
Found nobody there


[Chorus]
            G#
After today, consider me gone


[Verse 2]
                       C#m
Roses have thorns, and shining waters mud
                        C#m
And cancer lurks deep in the sweetest bud
                  C#m
Clouds and eclipses stain the moon and the sun
                 C#m
And history reeks of the wrongs we have done


[Chorus]
G#
   After today, consider me gone


[Verse 3]
                     C#m
I've spent too many years at war with myself
                      C#m
The doctor has told me it's no good for my health
                        C#m
To search for perfection is all very well
                      C#m
But to look for heaven is to live here in hell


[Chorus]
            G#
After today, consider me gone