A Asus2
In the middle of the night I was sleeping sitting up
A Asus2
when a doctor came to tell me Enough is enough
Bm D
He brought me out into the hall I could have sworn it was haunted
Bm D
and told me something that I didn't know that I wanted to hear
A Asus2
That there was nothing that I could do to save you
A Asus2
the choir's gonna sing and this thing is gonna kill you
Bm D
Something in my throat made my next words shake
Bm D
and something in the wires made the lightbulbs break
A Asus2
There was glass inside my feet and raining down from the ceiling
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it opened up the scars that had just finished healing
Bm D
It tore apart the canyon running down your femur
Bm D
I thought that it was beautiful it made me a believer
A Asus2
And as it opened I could hear you howling from your room
A Asus2
but I hid out in the hall until the hurricane blew
Bm D
When I reappeared and tried to give you something for the pain
Bm D
you came to hating me again and just sang your refreain
A Asus2
You had a new dream it was more like a nightmare
A Asus2
You were just a little kid and they cut your hair
Bm D
then they stuck you in machines you came so close to dying
Bm D
They should have listened they thought that you were lying
A Asus2
Daddy was an asshole he fucked you up
A Asus2
built the gears in your head now he greases them up
Bm D
And no one paid attention when you just stopped eating
Bm D
Eighty-seven pounds and this all bears repeating
A Asus2
Tell me when you think that we became so unhappy
A Asus2
wearing silver rings with nobody clapping
Bm D
When we moved here together we were so disappointed
Bm D
sleeping out of tune with our dreams disjointed
A Asus2
It killed me to see you getting always rejected
A Asus2
but I didn't mind the things you threw the phones I deflected
Bm D
I didn't mind you blaming me for your mistakes
Bm D
I just held you in the doorframe through all of the earthquakes
A Asus2
But you packed up your clothes in that bag every night
A Asus2
and I would try to grab your ankles what a pitiful sight
Bm D
But after over a year I stopped trying to stop you from
Bm D
stomping out that door coming back like you always do
A Asus2
Well no one's gonna fix it for us no one can
A Asus2
You say that 'No one's gonna listen and no one understands '
Bm D
So there's no open doors and there's no way to get through
Bm D
there's no other witnesses just us two
A Asus2
There's two people living in one small room
A Asus2
from your two half-families tearing at you
Bm D
two ways to tell the story no one worries
Bm D
two silver rings on our fingers in a hurry
A Asus2
two people talking inside your brain
A Asus2
two people believing that I'm the one to blame
, Bm D
two different voices coming out of your mouth
Bm D
while I'm too cold to care and too sick to shout
A Asus2
You had a new dream it was more like a nightmare
A Asus2
You were just a little kid and they cut your hair
Bm D
then they stuck you in machines you came so close to dying
Bm D
They should have listened they thought that you were lying
A Asus2
Daddy was an asshole he fucked you up
A Asus2
built the gears in your head now he greases them up
Bm D
And no one paid attention when you just stopped eating
Bm D
Eighty-seven pounds and this all bears repeating