Taking Down Your Names

I actually managed to finish a song before leaving for Boskone, for which I blame Gretchen. We had headed out for a lunch unaccompanied by little girls and while on the road there, she commented about how names have power. And I realized that I could hang a perfectly fine song on that concept. Thus, I had a new song for the con... :)

        Em7           Asus2
There’s power in your name.
        Em7              Asus2
There’s magic there that I can tame
    Cmaj7              Am7/G
And though you hold it close to you,
    D6              B7
I’m creeping closer still.
    Em7            Asus2
And I will take control.
     Em7                 Asus2
I’ll steal your name and steal your soul.
   Cmaj7          Am7/G
It isn’t all that hard to do
      D6           Em7
And I have got the will.


(Chorus)
    Asus2
I’m taking down your names.
Em7
One by one, they’ll fall.
    Asus2
I’m playing at my games.
     Cmaj7             D6              Em7
I’ll own you when I’ve taken down them all.


You’ve got names to spare,
One name here and one name there,
Bound together in a web
That all leads back to you.
It isn’t hard to see
That every name’s another key.
And I will flow and you will ebb.
You’ll never have a clue.


(Bridge)
Asus2
Names that you no longer know.
Em7
Names you haven’t used for years.
Asus2
Helpless, watch my power grow.
B7
I’m the sum of all your fears.


Names and numbers dance.
I won’t give you a second chance.
What I want is what you’ve got
And what you’ve got I’ll take.
I’m erasing every line.
All that once was yours is mine.
I am you and you are not
And you will never wake.

(Chorus twice)
     Cmaj7             D6              Em7
I’ll own you when I’ve taken down them all.