Verse
G#maj7
Dead flowers all around me
Fm7
Line the halls
In every room
D#7
I used to find them pretty
C#maj7
Used to love their sweet perfume
D#7 C#maj7
Reminded me of the dandelions cut from my parents yard
D#7 C#maj7
Reminded me times I didn’t need to try so hard
G#maj7
Dead flowers
D#7
Dead flowers
G#maj7
Dead
[Verse 2]
G#maj7
Past midnight in a hotel room
Fm7
These late hours that I keep
D#7
Used to scream out stories from my bed
C#maj7
Kept my sister from her sleep
D#7 C#maj7
Reminds me of the times you told me I best settle down
D#7 C#maj7
Reminds me of the names I earned when no one was around
G#maj7
Past midnight
D#7
Darkest moonlight
G#maj7
Dead
[Bridge]
D#7
And anytime I try to be mad
C#maj7
I seem to empathize
D#7
When friends say you’re not right in the head
C#maj
It don’t stop this crying
Fm
I’m skating on a line
C#maj7
Trying to be fine
D#7
I should be by now
If I just count the years gone by
G#maj7 Fm7 D#7 C#maj7
D#7 C#maj7
D#7 C#maj7
[Verse 3]
G#maj7
Dead flowers all around me
Fm7
I don’t keep them just for fun
D#7 C#maj7
They used to be a sign I would hide from everyone
D#7 C#maj7
Reminding me of consolation after words would cut
D#7 C#maj7
Reminding me of all the ways that you kept my mouth shut
D#7 C#maj7
Reminds me of the time you broke down my front door
D#7 C#maj7
Reminding me of how you cannot hurt me anymore