Verse
Emaj7
Dead flowers all around me
C#m7
Line the halls
In every room
B7
I used to find them pretty
Amaj7
Used to love their sweet perfume
B7 Amaj7
Reminded me of the dandelions cut from my parents yard
B7 Amaj7
Reminded me times I didn’t need to try so hard
Emaj7
Dead flowers
B7
Dead flowers
Emaj7
Dead
[Verse 2]
Emaj7
Past midnight in a hotel room
C#m7
These late hours that I keep
B7
Used to scream out stories from my bed
Amaj7
Kept my sister from her sleep
B7 Amaj7
Reminds me of the times you told me I best settle down
B7 Amaj7
Reminds me of the names I earned when no one was around
Emaj7
Past midnight
B7
Darkest moonlight
Emaj7
Dead
[Bridge]
B7
And anytime I try to be mad
Amaj7
I seem to empathize
B7
When friends say you’re not right in the head
Amaj
It don’t stop this crying
C#m
I’m skating on a line
Amaj7
Trying to be fine
B7
I should be by now
If I just count the years gone by
Emaj7 C#m7 B7 Amaj7
B7 Amaj7
B7 Amaj7
[Verse 3]
Emaj7
Dead flowers all around me
C#m7
I don’t keep them just for fun
B7 Amaj7
They used to be a sign I would hide from everyone
B7 Amaj7
Reminding me of consolation after words would cut
B7 Amaj7
Reminding me of all the ways that you kept my mouth shut
B7 Amaj7
Reminds me of the time you broke down my front door
B7 Amaj7
Reminding me of how you cannot hurt me anymore