[Intro]
G C G C
[Verse 1]
G C G C
Well staving off rejection has always hurt like hell
G C
I took the devil's bargain, made a stranger of myself
Am G C G C
If anything was wrong, I couldn't tell
G C G C
So I didn't see you coming but now it's pretty clear
G C
I traded my own wisdom for a jury of my peers
Am G C
I ignored you for thirty years
[Chorus]
Em7 D
You don't have to tell me
C
How hard it must have been
Bm
For you to let me in
Em7 D
Nothing lasts forever
C
Now I understand
C
I hurt you again
G C G C
My quietest friend
[Verse 2]
G C G C
Fifth grade in the lunchroom, fickle friends are telling jokes
G C
Making you the punchline of some random thing I wrote
Am G C
They were looking to me to land the final blow
G C G C
Just to be included, went straight up to my head
G C
I thought the joke too stupid for it to matter what I said
Am G C G
I was wrong but I went along with it
[Chorus]
Em7 D
You don't have to tell me
C
How hard it must have been
Bm
For you to let me in
Em7 D
Nothing lasts forever
C
Now I understand
C
I hurt you again
G C Em7 D
My quietest friend
[Verse 3]
G C G
We could write this on reminders
D
I'd memorize them
G C G
I could sing them to myself
D
And whoever's listening
G C G
I could put them on a record
D
About my hometown
G C G
Sitting here with pen and paper
D G
I'm listening now