Intro
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[Verse 1]
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There is a chest
Of skin, of drawers
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With pictures of waterspouts
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Coming out from the ocean and into the mainland
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Where you once lived
Before
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When you were younger
Before
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You learned how to hope, want, or wish
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[Verse 2]
D# A#
Your step became unsteady once
Even more
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Every time you would stand on shrapnel
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Under your feet
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There was a growth under your skin
An addition of pride
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For your newfound wasteland
[Verse 3]
D#
A#
But even worse
G#
The future you see
The future you bring
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The future you are completely okay with
I could wait up sick
A#
Waiting for a response
G#
I could wait up, waiting for anything
Cm A#
And it’s something that you’re completely okay with
[Chorus 1]
D#
A# G#
You've been standing outside of my apartment
Cm A# D#
With your mouth open wide, and I haven't heard enough of it
A# G#
You've been standing outside of my apartment
Cm A# D#
With your mouth open wide, and I haven't heard enough of it
[Verse 4]
A#
Tell me, tell me, Miranda
G#
Where do you see yourself tomorrow?
Do you worry each Wednesday
Cm A#
When the week is almost over
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Where you will sleep
A#
Where you will sleep
G#
Your sanctuary is Missouri in May
Cm A#
And I still insist on cutting my tongue off
[Chorus 2]
D#
A# G#
You've been standing outside of my apartment
Cm A# D#
With your mouth open wide, and I haven't heard enough of it
A# G#
You've been standing outside of my apartment
Cm A# D#
With your mouth open wide, and I haven't heard enough of it
[Verse 5]
A#
I will not speak of the crash
G#
Cause if it is never spoken of
Cm A#
Then history will never know it happened
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If it is never written about
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Then no one can ever read it
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If it is never talked about
Cm A#
Then no one can ever hear it
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Then no one can ever hear it
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Then no one can ever hear it
[Verse 6]
D# A#
Do we know the truths of every broken step?
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Only if it's told
Cm
Forgotten when it's old
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Undesired and cold
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There is no story to be told
[Bridge]
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We'll say (repeated)
[Instrumental]
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D#
[Coda/verse 7]
We'll say
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We'll meet up in some hotel room
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Be it fancy or pay by the hour
Cm A#
And we'll comfort each other
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Like we used to in our time
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You'll say it'll be just like the old days
G#
But it won't be the fucking old days
Cm A#
No it won't be the fucking old days
D#
Only now with our broken parts
A# G#
Our overused and torn up pieces
Cm
Will it be better than before?
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Will it be better than before?
A#
Do we thank our practice with others
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Or will it be tarnished by exact thought?
Cm A#
Will it be better than before?
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Will it be better than before?
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Will it be better than before?
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