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