Of Monsters and Man - Beneath the Skin
Released: June 9, 2015
Record Company: Republic Records
Duration: 56:34
The Band:
Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir - Lead Vocals, Guitar and Piano
Ragnar Þórhallsson - Lead Vocals and Guitar
Brynjar Leifsson - Guitar
Kristján Páll Kristjánsson - Bass
Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson - Drums and Percussion
Track List:
Nr. Name Time Tabber
01. Crystals 4:02 LYNX-Music
02. Human 3:58 kaydulay
03. Hunger 4:50 kaydulay
04. Wolves Without Teeth 3:53 kaydulay
05. Empire 4:22 kaydulay
06. Winter Sound 3:42 Davetran
07. Slow Life 5:43 kaydulay
08. Organs 4:31 kaydulay
09. Black Water 4:13 kaydulay
10. Thousand Eyes 4:02 NBA96
11. I Of The Storm 4:36 kaydulay
12. We Sink 4:23 Davetran
13. Backyard 4:19 NBA96
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01. Crystals 4:02
Tabbed By: LYNX-Music
Lost in skies of powdered gold
Caught in clouds of silver ropes
Showered by the empty hopes
As I tumble down falling fast to the ground
PRE-CHORUS
I know I'll wither
So peel away the bark
Because nothing
Grows when it is dark
In spite of all my fears
I can see it all so clear
I see it all so clear
Wohoo
Cover your crystal eyes
And feel the tones that tremble down your spine
Wohoo
Cover your crystal eyes
And let your colours bleed and blend with mine
Making ways in pitch black sand
Feel the salt dance on my hands
Raw and charcoal coloured thighs
Feel so cold and my skin feels so paper-thin
PRE-CHORUS:
()
I know I'll wither
So peel away the bark
Because nothing
Grows when it is dark
In spite of all my fears
I can see it all so clear
I see it all so clear
Wohoo
Cover your crystal eyes
And feel the tones that tremble down your spine
Wohoo
Cover your crystal eyes
And let your colours bleed and blend with mine
BRIDGE:
But I'm OK in see-through skin
I forgive what is within
Because I'm in this house, I'm in this home
All my time
Wohoo
Cover your crystal eyes
And feel the tones that tremble down your spine
Wohoo
Cover your crystal eyes
And let your colours bleed and blend with mine
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02. Human 3:58
Tabbed By: kaydulay
STANDARD TUNING
*So Raggi strums the chords in the chorus, but here is what he plays for the verse and prechorus.
Lyrics and chords are listed after since that is what Nanna plays throughout.
AND VERSE
Guitar 1 (Raggi):
(Play through 2x for Intro)
(Play through 2x for Verse)
PRECHORUS
Also here is the little riff heard throughout the song:
Guitar 3 (Brynjar):
*Now here are the chords played throughout
When the words
Weigh heavy on the heart
I am lost
And led only by the stars
PRECHORUS
Cage me like an animal
A crown with gems and gold
Eat me like a cannibal
Chase the neon throne
Breathe in, breathe out
Let the human in
Breathe in, breathe out
And let it in
Plants awoke and they slowly grow
Beneath the skin
So breathe in, breathe out
Let the human in
The air is silk
Shadows form a grin
If I lose control
I feed the beast within
PRECHORUS
Cage me like an animal
A crown with gems and gold
Eat me like a cannibal
Chase the neon throne
Breathe in, breathe out
Let the human in
Breathe in, breathe out
And let it in
Plants awoke and they slowly grow
Beneath the skin
So breathe in, breathe out
Let the human in
BRIDGE
CHORDS: - - - (2x)
Guitar 3 (Brynjar):
(Play through that twice)
Cage me like an animal
A crown with gems and gold
Eat me like a cannibal
Chase the neon throne
If I could only let go
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03. Hunger 4:50
Tabbed By: kaydulay
CAPO 2
CHORDS:
You were right, I'll move on
But my lungs feel so small
I couldn't breathe if I tried
I lay my head on the floor
My beating heart wanted more
But I'll keep it in and keep you out
I'm drowning, I'm drowning
I'm drowning, I'm drowning
INTERLUDE: - - (2x)
GUITAR 2 (CAPO 2)
^ ^
For those Gs I'm pretty sure in the live performances I hear
the open string played (3xx00x) but I don't hear it in the studio
version so you can just play what you like best
And for the longest time I knew
There was nothing left for us to do
But I tried, oh I try
And in this quiet company
There is nothing staring back at me
I'm in need of a sound
Hungry for the kill
But this hunger it isn't you
Voices disappear when you are speaking in sombre tunes
I will be the wolf and when you're starving you'll need it too
Hungry for the kill
But this hunger it isn't you
It isn't you, it isn't
INTERLUDE: - - (2x)
GUITAR 2 (CAPO 2) Same as first interlude
I grew tall to fill the void
Let me go because you are just a shade of what I am
Not what I'll be
But in this quiet company
I forgot sometimes just how to breathe
Fill my lungs with a sound
Hungry for the kill
But this hunger it isn't you
Voices disappear when you are speaking in sombre tunes
I will be the wolf and when you're starving you'll need it too
Hungry for the kill
But this hunger it isn't you
It isn't you, it isn't
BRIDGE/OUTRO
- - (4x)
I'm drowning, I'm drowning
I'm drowning, I'm drowning
I'm drowning, I'm drowning
I'm drowning, I'm drowning
I'm drowning, I'm drowning
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04. Wolves Without Teeth 3:53
Tabbed By: kaydulay
Raggi plays with no capo and Nanna plays with a capo on the second fret so I just
listed the chords Nanna plays at the bottom if you prefer to play that
STANDARD TUNING
Open my chest and color the spine
I'm giving you all, I'm giving you all
Swallow my breath and take what is mine
I'm giving you all, I'm giving you all
I'll be the blood if you'll be the bones
I'm giving you all, I'm giving you all
So lift all my body and lose all control
I'm giving you all, I'm giving you all
PRECHORUS
You hover like a hummingbird, haunt me in my sleep
You're sailing from another world
Sinking in my sea, you're feeding on my energy
I'm letting go of it, she wants it
And I run from wolves, hoo ooh ooh
Breathing heavily at my feet
And I run from wolves, hoo ooh ooh
Tearing into me without teeth
I can see through you, we are the same
It's perfectly strange, you run in my veins
How can I keep you inside my lungs
I breathe what is yours, you breathe what is mine
PRECHORUS
You hover like a hummingbird, haunt me in my sleep
You're sailing from another world
Sinking in my sea, you're feeding on my energy
I'm letting go of it, he wants it
And I run from wolves, hoo ooh ooh
Breathing heavily at my feet
And I run from wolves, hoo ooh ooh
Tearing into me without teeth
And you can follow
You can follow me
You can follow
You can follow me
BRIDGE
You hover like a hummingbird, haunt me in my sleep
You're sailing from another world
Sinking in my sea, oh you're feeding on my energy
I'm letting go of it, she wants it
And I run from wolves, hoo ooh ooh
Breathing heavily at my feet
And I run from wolves, hoo ooh ooh
Tearing into me without teeth
And you can follow
You can follow me
You can follow
You can follow me
And you can follow
You can follow me
You can follow
You can follow me
So these are the chords Nanna plays.
CAPO 2
Prechorus: - - - -
Second part of chorus ("You can follow..."): - - -
Bridge: - - - (2x)
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05. Empire 4:22
Tabbed By: kaydulay
CAPO 3
Feel the ocean as it breathes, shivering teeth
See the mountains where they meet, smotherin me
As the wind fends off the waves, I count down the days
Heavy stones fear no weather
INTERLUDE: - - (2x)
GUITAR 2 (Brynjar)
I find comfort in the sound, and the shape of the heart
How it echoes through the chest from under the ground
As the hills turn into holes, I fill them with gold
Heavy stones fear no weather
And from the rain comes a river running wild
That will create an empire for you
Illuminate, there's a river running wild that will create
an empire for you
an empire for two
an empire for you
an empire for two
And I paint your body black, I hide in your hair
And you're staring back at me like I wasn't there
As our bodies become stills, we welcome the fear
Heavy stones fear no weather
And from the rain comes a river running wild
That will create an empire for you
Illuminate, there's a river running wild that will create
an empire for you
an empire for two
an empire for you
an empire for two
BRIDGE: - - (2x)
GUITAR 2 (Brynjar)
And from the rain comes a river running wild
That will create an empire for you
Illuminate, there's a river running wild that will create
an empire for you
an empire for two
an empire for you
an empire for two
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh whoa oh oh oh
So in the live video Nanna is playing an electric and I'll just list the chords she plays
GUITAR 3 (Nanna)
CAPO 8
NOTE: She plays with the high string muted (32000x)
Whoa oh... (End of last chorus): - - - - - -
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06. Winter Sound 3:42
Tabbed By: Davetran
Stop, You're cold against the skin
You take me in your arms when walls are closing in
And I run, I run, I run, awakening my heart
But you overwhelm my lungs, It's tearing me a-part
You and I will not be shaken!
By the winter sound
But my voice is suffocating
In the winter sound
oo-oo-oo-ooooo
Whoa-oh-ohhhh-oh
oo-oo-oo-ooooo
Whoa-oh-oh-Whoa-oh-oh
Stop, I will take control
Bend the metal in-to shapes that I, know
And I run, I run, I run, further than before
I shake away the skin to saturate my, soul
You and I will not be shaken!
By the winter sound
But my voice is suffocating
In the winter sound
You and I will not be shaken!
By the winter sound
But my voice is suffocating
In the winter sound
And you scream, you scratch, you bite
You prey on my heart
And I know that you and I can never be a-part
oo-oo-oo-ooooo
Whoa-oh-ohhhh-oh
oo-oo-oo-ooooo
Whoa-oh-oh-Whoa-oh-oh-Whoa-oh-oh
oo-oo-oo-ooooo
Whoa-oh-ohhhh-oh
oo-oo-oo-ooooo
Whoa-oh-oh-Whoa-oh-oh-Whoa-oh-oh-Whoa-oh-oh-Whoa-oh-oh-Whoa-oh-oh
You and I will not be shaken!
By the winter sound
But my voice is suffocating
In the winter
You and I will not be shaken!
By the winter sound
But my voice is suffocating
In the winter sound
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07. Slow Life 5:43
Tabbed By: kaydulay
CAPO 5
What are they talking about
On the weekends
Lost in the forest of this heart
Is a foreign still
Why are they shaking their heads
We're stuck in slow life
Is it the beating of the chest
That makes us feel the rest
INTERLUDE:
- - -
Or here is the other guitar part (Also with capo on the 5th)
We're slowly sailing away
Behind closed eyes
Where not a single ray of light
Can puncture through the night
You caught me in a tide
And I caught you
Sheltered by the night
Red in tooth and red in claw
You saw me in new light
And I saw you
Sheltered by the night
Red in tooth and red in claw
Between the daylight
And the deep sea
Lies a swarm of silhouettes
Floating aimlessy
But I'm a mountain
I am a killer
You'll get lost and buried deep
If you swim with me
You caught me in a tide
And I caught you
Sheltered by the night
Red in tooth and red in claw
You saw me in new light
And I saw you
Sheltered by the night
Red in tooth and red in claw
BRIDGE
- - - (1x)
Whoa oh, whoa oh oh
Whoa oh, whoa oh oh
Whoa oh, whoa oh oh
Whoa oh, whoa oh oh
So look at you look at me
All because we need to know
So look at me look at you
All because we'll never to know
So look at you look at me
All because we need to know
So look at me look at you
All because we'll never to know
(Whoa oh, whoa oh oh...)
Chords: - - - - - (Play through 4x then end on )
Other guitar part
*THIS PART IS NOT WRITTEN RELATIVE TO CAPO
I thought it would be easier to read it this way:
(Play through 4x)
Then
*BACK TO WRITTEN RELATIVE TO CAPO ON 5TH
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08. Organs 4:31
Tabbed By: kaydulay
CAPO 10
I am sorry this is always how it goes
The wind blows loudest when you've got your eyes closed
But I never changed a single color that I breathe
So you could have tried to take a closer look at me
I am tired of punching in the wind
I am tired of letting it all in
And I should eat you up at spit you right out
I should not care but I don't know how
So I take off my face
Cause it reminds me how it all went wrong
And I pull out my tongue
Cause it reminds me how it all went wrong
(Then there's a little strum with a hammer-on):
I am sorry for the trouble I suppose
My blood runs red, but my body feels so cold
I guess I could swim for days in the salty sea
But in the end, the waves will discolor me
So I take off my face
Cause it reminds me how it all went wrong
And I pull out my tongue
Cause it reminds me how it all went wrong
And I cough up my lungs
Cause they remind me how it all went wrong
But I leave in my heart
Cause I don't want to stay in the dark
BRIDGE
Ooh, ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ohh
Ooh, ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ohh
So I take off my face
Cause it reminds me how it all went wrong
And I pull out my tongue
Cause it reminds me how it all went wrong
And I cough up my lungs
Cause they remind me how it all went wrong
But I leave in my heart
Cause I don't want to stay in the dark
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09. Black Water 4:13
Tabbed By: kaydulay
STANDARD TUNING
Chords:
So I listed the chords Nanna plays(she doesn't actually come in until the chorus)
after this so if you just want the chords and lyrics, scroll past raggi's part
So this is Raggi's part:
AND VERSE
Guitar 1 (Raggi):
Note: There's sort of just a natural hammer-on on the string when you change chord shapes. So
for example on the , you should hear the when you hammer on to the 3rd fret
^^^
Play that until the last time leading into the chorus and instead of that last , play this:
BRIDGE ("Whoa oh oh...")
It's the same chords as the intro/verse except you're plucking the open strings like in the chorus
^^^
Play that until the last time leading into the chorus and instead of that last , play this:
I need nothing to travel the sea
I need nothing, I need nothing
But there's something eating at me
Black water, take over
Swallowed by a vicious, vengeful sea
Oh whoa ooh oh oh
Darker days are raining over me
Oh whoa ooh oh oh
In the deepest depths I lost myself
I see myself through someone else
The strange silence surrounding me
Grows closer, feels colder
But I'm ready to suffer the sea
Black water, take over
Swallowed by a vicious, vengeful sea
Oh whoa ooh oh oh
Darker days are raining over me
Oh whoa ooh oh oh
In the deepest depths I lost myself
I see myself through someone else
BRIDGE
Whoa oh oh, oh whoa oh oh oh
Whoa oh oh oh, whoa oh oh oh
Whoa, oh whoa oh oh
Whoa oh oh oh, whoa oh oh oh
Swallowed by a vicious, vengeful sea
Oh whoa ooh oh oh
Darker days are raining over me
Oh whoa ooh oh oh
In the deepest depths I lost myself
I see myself through someone else
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10. Thousand Eyes 4:02
Tabbed By: NBA96
Until this storm, until this storm
Until this storm we'll wait
I can't control withering wonders
Flowers that lose their shape
I lie awake and watch it all
It feels like thousand eyes
I lie awake and watch it all
It feels like thousand eyes
I'll be the calm, I will be quiet
Stripped to the bone, I wait
No, I'll be a stone, I'll be the hunter
A tower that casts a shade
I lie awake and watch it all
It feels like thousand eyes
I lie awake and watch it all
It feels like thousand eyes
I lie awake and watch it all
It feels like thousand eyes
~
I am the storm
I am the storm
I am the storm
So wait
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11. I Of The Storm 4:36
Tabbed By: kaydulay
CAPO 2
Chords:
- - (2x)
If I could face them,
If I could make amends,
With all my shadows
I'd bow my head and welcome them
But I feel it burnin'
Like when the winter wind stops my breathing
Are you really gonna love me when I'm gone
I fear you won't, I fear you don't
Prechorus
And it echoes when I breathe
Til all you see
Is my ghost
Empty vessel, crooked teeth
Wish you could see
(start of chorus)
And they call me under
And I'm shaking like a leaf
And they call me under
And I wither underneath
In this storm
Post chorus: - - (2x)
I am a stranger, I am an alien
Inside a structure
Are you really gonna love me when I'm gone
With all my thoughts
And all my faults
I feel it bitin', I feel it break my skin
So univitin'
Are you really gonna need me when I'm gone
I feel you won't, I feel you don't
Prechorus
And it echoes when I breathe
Til all you see
Is my ghost
Empty vessel, crooked teeth
Wish you could see
(start of chorus)
And they call me under
And I'm shaking like a leaf
And they call me under
And I wither underneath
In this storm, I feel it
And they call me under
And I'm shaking like a leaf
And they call me underneath
To this storm
- -
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12. We Sink 4:23
Tabbed By: Davetran
Capo 2
All those eyes on me
As I sink into the open sea
Color in my sheltered mind
Fill the gap between you and I
We are the sleepers
We bite our tongue
We set the fire
And we let it burn
Through the dreamers
We hear the hum
And say "Come on, come on, let's go"
So come on, come on, let's go
[Post Chorus]
It's warm, the skin I'm living in
It creates and shapes what is within
So please look away, don't look at me
As we sink into the open sea
We are the sleepers
We bite our tongue
We set the fire
And we let it burn
Through the dreamers
We hear the hum
And say "Come on, come on, let's go"
We are the sleepers
We bite our tongue
We set the fire
And we let it burn
Through the dreamers
We hear the hum
And say "Come on, come on, let's go"
So come on, come on, let's go
[Break]
I know that it's a waste of time
Chasing in the dark
But keep me in your clouded minds
'Til time ignites a spark
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13. Backyard 4:19
Tabbed By: NBA96
I live the life of love
Hold me down, hold me down
I live the life of letting go
Until the starling high
I wrap myself in thin sheets of ice
Out there the stars are crystal eyes
Ooooh, find me in the backyard
Ooooh, find me in the backyard in the dark
Ooooh, find me in the backyard
Ooooh, find me in the backyard
Cuz you colour me clear
Now what are you, what are you waiting for?
Yeah you colour me clear
Now what are you waiting for?
See how my mind is tired
From blue to black, from white to gray
I'm burned and the broken one
The drops illuminate and evaporate into a neon lake
I'ma be stand the vicious one
Ooooh, find me in the backyard
Ooooh, find me in the backyard in the dark
Ooooh, find me in the backyard
Ooooh, find me in the backyard
Cuz you colour me clear
Now what are you, what are you waiting for?
Yeah you colour me clear
Now what are you waiting for?
Cuz you colour me clear
Now what are you, what are you waiting for?
Yeah you colour me clear
Now what are you waiting for?
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