Verse
F#maj7
Dead flowers all around me
D#m7
Line the halls
In every room
C#7
I used to find them pretty
Bmaj7
Used to love their sweet perfume
C#7 Bmaj7
Reminded me of the dandelions cut from my parents yard
C#7 Bmaj7
Reminded me times I didn’t need to try so hard
F#maj7
Dead flowers
C#7
Dead flowers
F#maj7
Dead
[Verse 2]
F#maj7
Past midnight in a hotel room
D#m7
These late hours that I keep
C#7
Used to scream out stories from my bed
Bmaj7
Kept my sister from her sleep
C#7 Bmaj7
Reminds me of the times you told me I best settle down
C#7 Bmaj7
Reminds me of the names I earned when no one was around
F#maj7
Past midnight
C#7
Darkest moonlight
F#maj7
Dead
[Bridge]
C#7
And anytime I try to be mad
Bmaj7
I seem to empathize
C#7
When friends say you’re not right in the head
Bmaj
It don’t stop this crying
D#m
I’m skating on a line
Bmaj7
Trying to be fine
C#7
I should be by now
If I just count the years gone by
F#maj7 D#m7 C#7 Bmaj7
C#7 Bmaj7
C#7 Bmaj7
[Verse 3]
F#maj7
Dead flowers all around me
D#m7
I don’t keep them just for fun
C#7 Bmaj7
They used to be a sign I would hide from everyone
C#7 Bmaj7
Reminding me of consolation after words would cut
C#7 Bmaj7
Reminding me of all the ways that you kept my mouth shut
C#7 Bmaj7
Reminds me of the time you broke down my front door
C#7 Bmaj7
Reminding me of how you cannot hurt me anymore