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