Tom: D
Here's what the chords look like:
D D/B D/C# G D/F#
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-3----3----3-----------3--------3--------|
G|-2----2----2-----------0--------2--------|
D|-0----x----x-----------0--------0--------|
A|------2----4-----------x--------x--------|
E|-----------------------3--------2--------|
Intro:
D D/B D/C# G x2
D D/B D/C# G
You fell___ for the first option presented of new
D D/B D/C# G
re______birth. You couldn't see it but you thought you'd believe it
D D/B
since your soles cramping up have been swollen and sore.
D/C# G
Your new shoes back then just don't fit anymore.
D D/B
You retraced the same shape, cut up and re-sewn,
D/C# G
when you felt abandoned, when you felt alone.
D D/B D/C# G
On New____ Years you resolved to make your chaos external.
D D/B D/C#
Duress of sickening kinds. A half year blacked-out of my mind.
G
No string traced back to a place-marker.
D D/B
Alleviate, erase failed attempts at obstructing machines.
D/C# G
Got drained when the crutch became vampiracy.
D D/B
Bit off more than could chew and then swallowed it whole.
D/C# G
I choked on your temper when you felt alone.
G D/F#
G D/F#
The sirens cry loudly.
G D/F#
I am reflexive. I cry loudly.
G D/F#
You put my picture in framing.
G D/F#
Hung forever. Left me strangling.
G
Called me 'baby'.
D D/B
And with your nature reversed and our home as our cage,
D/C# G
you caved and you asked "is this coming of age."
D D/B
As you climbed out the window, your face cold as stone,
D/C# G
you lifted the towel. Your wrist showed the bone.
D D/B
I held my breath in the ER. I swayed as I stood.
D/C# G
I tried to stay steady to protect you the best that I could.
D D/B
You pretended to sleep the entire ride home
D/C# G
but I heard you crying when you felt alone
