Verse
C#maj7
Dead flowers all around me
A#m7
Line the halls
In every room
G#7
I used to find them pretty
F#maj7
Used to love their sweet perfume
G#7 F#maj7
Reminded me of the dandelions cut from my parents yard
G#7 F#maj7
Reminded me times I didn’t need to try so hard
C#maj7
Dead flowers
G#7
Dead flowers
C#maj7
Dead
[Verse 2]
C#maj7
Past midnight in a hotel room
A#m7
These late hours that I keep
G#7
Used to scream out stories from my bed
F#maj7
Kept my sister from her sleep
G#7 F#maj7
Reminds me of the times you told me I best settle down
G#7 F#maj7
Reminds me of the names I earned when no one was around
C#maj7
Past midnight
G#7
Darkest moonlight
C#maj7
Dead
[Bridge]
G#7
And anytime I try to be mad
F#maj7
I seem to empathize
G#7
When friends say you’re not right in the head
F#maj
It don’t stop this crying
A#m
I’m skating on a line
F#maj7
Trying to be fine
G#7
I should be by now
If I just count the years gone by
C#maj7 A#m7 G#7 F#maj7
G#7 F#maj7
G#7 F#maj7
[Verse 3]
C#maj7
Dead flowers all around me
A#m7
I don’t keep them just for fun
G#7 F#maj7
They used to be a sign I would hide from everyone
G#7 F#maj7
Reminding me of consolation after words would cut
G#7 F#maj7
Reminding me of all the ways that you kept my mouth shut
G#7 F#maj7
Reminds me of the time you broke down my front door
G#7 F#maj7
Reminding me of how you cannot hurt me anymore