Intro
Dm A# Gm F C
[Verse]
Am
As the months move on, we hardly speak
A# Gm Dm
Your hair turns to grey and that heart's growing tired and weak
C
I shoveled the dirt and made a grave for you to sleep in
F A# Dm
Because you're dead to me
C A#
so take your last breath
Dm Am C
From the second I awoke to the earth, I was destined to grow without you and suffer
A# Gm A#
Selfish, reckless and a fiend, you chose that bastard over your family
[Chorus]
A#
How can we hope to pick up all the pieces
Dm C
When you're destroying the ground we stand on
A#
The drugs that you crave put holes in your brain
F C
and paved the path for the life you hate
A#
God damn you for leaving when we needed you
Dm
Hell bent on saving only yourself but that crippling defeat
F C
and the cancer you breathe, it finally caught up to you
A# Gm Dm
Now it's plain to see I don't need you in the same old way
C A#
I don't need you to be here at all
[Verse 2]
A#
A# thousand miles away from home
Dm
but you wouldn't really even know
A# Dm
Mother, tell me where you've been, 'cause I can't stop this deafening silence
C Am A#
You don't have the backbone to face the one's you left for your dead
C
You don't have a backbone
Am A#
This is the last time we'll speak so listen closely
[Chorus]
A#
How can we hope to pick up all the pieces
Dm C
When you're destroying the ground we stand on
A#
The drugs that you crave put holes in your brain
F C
and paved the path for the life you hate
A#
God damn you for leaving when we needed you
Dm
Hell bent on saving only yourself but that crippling defeat
F C
and the cancer you breathe, it finally caught up to you
A# Gm Dm
Now it's plain to see I don't need you in the same old way
C F
I don't need you to be here at all
Dm C
I don't need you to be here at all
Dm F C A# F C
I tried hard to save you, but you slipped away
A# Am Gm A#
I was once your son, now you have no part in what I've become
Dm A# Gm A#
No forgiveness for the things you say or the choices that took you away
Dm A# Gm A# Dm
No fighting for a second chance, the earth will turn and you'll be dead