Intro
A# F D# Gm F x2
[Verse 1]
A#
There is a chest
Of skin, of drawers
F
With pictures of waterspouts
D# Gm F
Coming out from the ocean and into the mainland
A#
Where you once lived
Before
F
When you were younger
Before
D# Gm F
You learned how to hope, want, or wish
A# F D# Gm F
[Verse 2]
A# F
Your step became unsteady once
Even more
D# Gm
Every time you would stand on shrapnel
F A#
Under your feet
F
There was a growth under your skin
An addition of pride
D# Gm F
For your newfound wasteland
[Verse 3]
A#
F
But even worse
D#
The future you see
The future you bring
Gm F A#
The future you are completely okay with
I could wait up sick
F
Waiting for a response
D#
I could wait up, waiting for anything
Gm F
And it’s something that you’re completely okay with
[Chorus 1]
A#
F D#
You've been standing outside of my apartment
Gm F A#
With your mouth open wide, and I haven't heard enough of it
F D#
You've been standing outside of my apartment
Gm F A#
With your mouth open wide, and I haven't heard enough of it
[Verse 4]
F
Tell me, tell me, Miranda
D#
Where do you see yourself tomorrow?
Do you worry each Wednesday
Gm F
When the week is almost over
A#
Where you will sleep
F
Where you will sleep
D#
Your sanctuary is Missouri in May
Gm F
And I still insist on cutting my tongue off
[Chorus 2]
A#
F D#
You've been standing outside of my apartment
Gm F A#
With your mouth open wide, and I haven't heard enough of it
F D#
You've been standing outside of my apartment
Gm F A#
With your mouth open wide, and I haven't heard enough of it
[Verse 5]
F
I will not speak of the crash
D#
Cause if it is never spoken of
Gm F
Then history will never know it happened
A#
If it is never written about
F
Then no one can ever read it
D#
If it is never talked about
Gm F
Then no one can ever hear it
A#
Then no one can ever hear it
F D# Gm F
Then no one can ever hear it
[Verse 6]
A# F
Do we know the truths of every broken step?
D#
Only if it's told
Gm
Forgotten when it's old
F A#
Undesired and cold
F D# Gm F
There is no story to be told
[Bridge]
A# F D# Gm F
We'll say (repeated)
[Instrumental]
A# F D# Gm F
A#
[Coda/verse 7]
We'll say
F
We'll meet up in some hotel room
D#
Be it fancy or pay by the hour
Gm F
And we'll comfort each other
A#
Like we used to in our time
F
You'll say it'll be just like the old days
D#
But it won't be the fucking old days
Gm F
No it won't be the fucking old days
A#
Only now with our broken parts
F D#
Our overused and torn up pieces
Gm
Will it be better than before?
F A#
Will it be better than before?
F
Do we thank our practice with others
D#
Or will it be tarnished by exact thought?
Gm F
Will it be better than before?
A#
Will it be better than before?
F D# Gm F
Will it be better than before?
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