Verse
Amaj7
Dead flowers all around me
F#m7
Line the halls
In every room
E7
I used to find them pretty
Dmaj7
Used to love their sweet perfume
E7 Dmaj7
Reminded me of the dandelions cut from my parents yard
E7 Dmaj7
Reminded me times I didn’t need to try so hard
Amaj7
Dead flowers
E7
Dead flowers
Amaj7
Dead
[Verse 2]
Amaj7
Past midnight in a hotel room
F#m7
These late hours that I keep
E7
Used to scream out stories from my bed
Dmaj7
Kept my sister from her sleep
E7 Dmaj7
Reminds me of the times you told me I best settle down
E7 Dmaj7
Reminds me of the names I earned when no one was around
Amaj7
Past midnight
E7
Darkest moonlight
Amaj7
Dead
[Bridge]
E7
And anytime I try to be mad
Dmaj7
I seem to empathize
E7
When friends say you’re not right in the head
Dmaj
It don’t stop this crying
F#m
I’m skating on a line
Dmaj7
Trying to be fine
E7
I should be by now
If I just count the years gone by
Amaj7 F#m7 E7 Dmaj7
E7 Dmaj7
E7 Dmaj7
[Verse 3]
Amaj7
Dead flowers all around me
F#m7
I don’t keep them just for fun
E7 Dmaj7
They used to be a sign I would hide from everyone
E7 Dmaj7
Reminding me of consolation after words would cut
E7 Dmaj7
Reminding me of all the ways that you kept my mouth shut
E7 Dmaj7
Reminds me of the time you broke down my front door
E7 Dmaj7
Reminding me of how you cannot hurt me anymore