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