Verse
E E D A
This town ain't big enough for both of us
E D A
So don't sleep on the things that my hands have done
E D A
The flora and the fire keep lighting up the distance
E D A
Careful with your mouth don't let it run
A B C#m
Out of sight, out of mind
Caug A
Dug my heels into the earth
B C#m Caug
It was safe, it was mine, but this is where the way turns
[Chorus 1]
E D A
Take it while you get it, toss this and forget it
E D A
As you swallow your seat and son
E D
You're plagued with pride of fathers
A
Long since dead behind you
E D A
Careful with your feet don't let them run
[Verse 2]
A B C#m
You can camouflage, you can lock up, and you can stow away
Caug
But it is to question one's self in a hideout to leave the cover
A
The cursed will stay away
B C#m
And in my hard heart I tried to block out and to blot out and obstruct the clouds
Caug
But the shroud, the bell, the blanket and the envelope will eclipse them now
[Pre-Chorus 1]
A B
Standing where the water meets the shore you feel the sun
C#m Caug
Touch your face and leave its mark with nowhere left to run
A B
To hide your shaking hands and words that swore this was the day
C#m Caug
You never feel as weak as when the answers go away
[Chorus 2]
A B
I was caught in the current; it's a lesson, and I've learned it
C#m Caug
The teacher left scars on our fists
(I'm the worst, I'm the worst, just please leave me here)
A B
There's pain we never speak of, second guess the ones that we love
C#m Caug
And the last thing you want is for your last words to sound so scared
C#m G#m C#m G#m C#m G#m
But you find yourself here, alone and scared
C#m G#m C#m G#m C#m G#m C#m G#m C#m G#m
Will they leave You here, Will You leave me here?
[Bridge]
E
The best part of that
B
Is I want it back
A
The best things to say, I want to say
E B A
That all this time I was wrong
E
The water's deep
B
As they find their sleep
A
And I begged for less
But I second guessed
E B
That you would come
A
After me
[Outro]
(The past still waits)
E/G# F#m B C#m G#m E F#m
It's the pain we ne-ver speak of
(To catch my eye)
E/G# F#m B C#m G#m E F#m
Se - cond guess the ones that we love
(And I never stopped)
E/G# F#m B C#m G#m E F#m
All the words and our con-fessions
(To question)
E/G# F#m B C#m G#m E F#m
I ne- ver thought that I should question
C#m G#m
To question why
C#m G#m (x3)
E/G# F#m B C#m G#m E Dm