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