Verse
Fmaj7
Dead flowers all around me
Dm7
Line the halls
In every room
C7
I used to find them pretty
A#maj7
Used to love their sweet perfume
C7 A#maj7
Reminded me of the dandelions cut from my parents yard
C7 A#maj7
Reminded me times I didn’t need to try so hard
Fmaj7
Dead flowers
C7
Dead flowers
Fmaj7
Dead
[Verse 2]
Fmaj7
Past midnight in a hotel room
Dm7
These late hours that I keep
C7
Used to scream out stories from my bed
A#maj7
Kept my sister from her sleep
C7 A#maj7
Reminds me of the times you told me I best settle down
C7 A#maj7
Reminds me of the names I earned when no one was around
Fmaj7
Past midnight
C7
Darkest moonlight
Fmaj7
Dead
[Bridge]
C7
And anytime I try to be mad
A#maj7
I seem to empathize
C7
When friends say you’re not right in the head
A#maj
It don’t stop this crying
Dm
I’m skating on a line
A#maj7
Trying to be fine
C7
I should be by now
If I just count the years gone by
Fmaj7 Dm7 C7 A#maj7
C7 A#maj7
C7 A#maj7
[Verse 3]
Fmaj7
Dead flowers all around me
Dm7
I don’t keep them just for fun
C7 A#maj7
They used to be a sign I would hide from everyone
C7 A#maj7
Reminding me of consolation after words would cut
C7 A#maj7
Reminding me of all the ways that you kept my mouth shut
C7 A#maj7
Reminds me of the time you broke down my front door
C7 A#maj7
Reminding me of how you cannot hurt me anymore