Intro
G#m E F#
[Verse 1]
G#m E F# G#m E F#
Putting pennies on the track, shiny and flat,
G#m E F# G#m E F#
It was the best we could be, sexy and free
G#m E F# G#m E F#
I grow away from myself with each passing bell
G#m E F# G#m E F#
With all these new accessories, I just stumble and bleed
[Chorus]
B F#
For a moment I feel the coldness
A#m E
At the end of a fall day
B F#
I put my hands down deep in my pockets
E D#
As my body awakes
[Verse 2]
G#m E F# G#m E F#
So I'm heading back to school all brilliant and new,
G#m E F# G#m E F#
Trying hard to fit in and not to walk like a man
G#m E F# G#m E F#
F# girl that I never noticed asked me to hold this
G#m E F# G#m E F#
F# secret too hard to tell and I never will
[Chorus]
B F#
For a moment I feel the coldness
A#m E
Of everything that's been taken away
B F#
I put the phone back in the cradle,
E D#
I can't make this okay
[Bridge]
G#m E F#
The damage she'll survive
G#m E F#
But damn the sacrifice of
G#m E F#
Every life we've lost
E D#
Damn all the cost of the assault
[Verse 3]
G#m E F#
You tied a knot and you dared me,
G#m E F#
The stem of a cherry,
G#m E F#
To find my own humanity
G#m E F#
And just let it breathe
[Chorus]
B F#
Hold my head up in this moment
A#m E
Keep myself from fading away
B F#
Pull my hands out of pockets and
E D#
Feel my body awake
[Outro]
G#m E A