Intro
Bm G Em D A
[Verse]
F#m
As the months move on, we hardly speak
G Em Bm
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 Bm
Because you're dead to me
A G
so take your last breath
Bm F#m A
From the second I awoke to the earth, I was destined to grow without you and suffer
G Em 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
Bm 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
Bm
Hell bent on saving only yourself but that crippling defeat
D A
and the cancer you breathe, it finally caught up to you
G Em Bm
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
Bm
but you wouldn't really even know
G Bm
Mother, tell me where you've been, 'cause I can't stop this deafening silence
A F#m G
You don't have the backbone to face the one's you left for your dead
A
You don't have a backbone
F#m G
This is the last time we'll speak so listen closely
[Chorus]
G
How can we hope to pick up all the pieces
Bm 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
Bm
Hell bent on saving only yourself but that crippling defeat
D A
and the cancer you breathe, it finally caught up to you
G Em Bm
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
Bm A
I don't need you to be here at all
Bm D A G D A
I tried hard to save you, but you slipped away
G F#m Em G
I was once your son, now you have no part in what I've become
Bm G Em G
No forgiveness for the things you say or the choices that took you away
Bm G Em G Bm
No fighting for a second chance, the earth will turn and you'll be dead