Intro
G C (x2)
[Verse]
G
The orderlies shuffle
C
across black and white marble
G
They're bustling reminders that
C
no one can slow down the days
G
The white coats and black boards
C
they conspire behind locked doors
G
They don't want to tell you how long
C
until it eats me away
G
I wish you would wake me
C
when I'm violently shaking
G
Tossing and turning through dreams
C
where I die giving up
G
I wish it had been you
C
that I'd given my heart to
G
Instead of just wasting these moments
C
by biting my tongue
[Chorus]
Em D
And I've been having dreams
C G
of black and white infirmaries
Em
With the palest walls
D C
that always stand in silence
Em D
If I thought that you could hear
C G
I'd whisper in your ear
Em
All the things I couldn't
D C
come around to writing
[Interlude]
G C (x2)
[Verse]
G
I've been constantly stepping
C
with these unwanted weapons
G
Like the things that I think
C
and I feel will destroy everything
G
So I'll hold a flame to
C
the things I won't tell you
G
And sift through the ashes
C
for some kind of reason to sing
[Chorus]
Em D
And I've been having dreams
C G
of black and white infirmaries
Em
With the palest walls
D C
that always stand in silence
Em D
If I thought that you could hear
C G
I'd whisper in your ear
Em
All the things I couldn't
D C
come around to writing
[Interlude]
G D C (x2)
[Outro]
G
And I'll bleed right out
D C
of these wounds that I gave myself
G
And I'll live out
D C
live out this life with nobody's help
G
And I'll bleed right out
D C
of these wounds that I gave myself
G
And I'll live out
D C
live out this life with nobody's help