Intro
don't be late
there's no time to be afraid
there's a way
to clean up the mess you've made
A#m
if I could tell the truth
G# D#/G
or lie would I attempt the two at the same time
A#m G#
expect you to apologize for trying
D#/G A#m
to make me so up tight
A#m Fm7
don't say it's just a game we play
I can't lose the taste
G# A#m
if you regulate how the blood is pumping
G#
through the veins from my heart into my head
in time this blood supply
D#/G
will change me from red to white
A#m
every thought that you know I'm thinking
G#
may as well be the knife stuck in my back
G# D#/G A#m Fm
this taxing fever makes me gravitate to this place
A#m
this is still my life
G# A#m
not yours to define
Fm A#m D#/G G#
(anyone in their right mind would never let you inside
Fm A#m D#/G
anyone in their right mind)
Fm A#m
I've broken ties with the neighborhood
D#/G G# Fm
feeling like a bum in the city
A#m D#/G G#
waking only to take a drink
Fm A#m
from an empty glass of nothing good
D#/G G# Fm
then sinking like a stone in the sea
A#m D#/G G#
without the oxygen I need
G#
deciding as I wait for air to entertain
C#M7 Fm Fm7
careful not to (to breathe in [3x])
G#
the right time and the right way to elevate
C#M7 Fm Fm7
careful not to (to breathe in [3x])
G# A7sus4
to breathe in the air that so proudly puts to death
G#
my own Father's name
G#sus2 G# Fm7 G#
I re--member when your hand started shaking
G#sus2 G#
there's a better way
G#sus2 G# Fm7 G#
to clean up the mess you've been making