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