Intro
D#m F# A#m G#
[Verse 1]
D#m F# A#m G#
I'm so tired of your illusions, rules never change
D#m F# A#m G#
And my mind is so abusive, taking on the shapes
D#m F#
When it comes to your love, is it unconditional?
A#m G#
When it comes to my love, anything is fixable
D#m F# A#m G#
And all these noises, so relentless I need a second to breath
[Chorus]
D#m F#
Cause if boys will be boys, we do the best that we can
A#m G#
Cover for our brothers while we suffer from our own hands
D#m F#
Boys will be boys, that's the way that this thing goes
A#m G#
Mothers lose their sons and their fathers watch them go
D#m
Fathers watch them go
F#
Fathers watch them go
A#m G#
Mothers lose their sons and their fathers watch them go
[Verse 2]
D#m F# A#m G#
I'm no longer taking lessons from those who broke before
D#m F# A#m G#
Now that I am done confessing the words that left me sore
D#m F#
When you feel the restless pain, as it crawls out of your heart
A#m G#
And the thoughts of yesterday bring you to where you are
D#m F# A#m G#
All these voices, the once controlling, can't contain me
[Chorus]
D#m F#
Cause if boys will be boys, we do the best that we can
A#m G#
Cover for our brothers while we suffer from our own hands
D#m F#
Boys will be boys, that's the way that this thing goes
A#m G#
Mothers lose their sons and their fathers watch them go
D#m
Fathers watch them go
F#
Fathers watch them go
A#m G#
Mothers lose their sons and their fathers watch them go
[Bridge]
D#m
Tell me how it feels to win it
F#
Has it gone according to your plan?
A#m
Do you wish that you'd forget it?
G#
Or, or to feel less like a human?
D#m F# A#m
Boys don't cry, not a man am I
G# D#m
Not a day goes by that I've had to lie
F# A#m G# D#m
I was before since I closed that door and it's all white noise that boys must be boys
[Chorus]
D#m F#
Cause if boys will be boys, we do the best that we can
A#m G#
Cover for our brothers while we suffer from our own hands
D#m F#
Boys will be boys, that's the way that this thing goes
A#m G#
Mothers lose their sons and their fathers watch them go
D#m
Fathers watch them go
F#
Fathers watch them go
A#m G#
Mothers lose their sons and their fathers watch them go
A#m G#
Mothers lose their sons and their fathers watch them go
D#m
Fathers watch them go
F#
Fathers watch them go
A#m G#
Mothers lose their sons and their fathers watch them go