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