Dirge

Am C/G C F C C/G 2x Am C/G C F C C/G Am You're obsessed with dying young in a past life, I can't convince you otherwise C/G C F C C/G You used to dream of all the ways that you have died Am C/G C F C C/G And I'm the reincarnate killer who took you before your time Am C/G No trace behind C F C C/G Leave no trace behind Am C/G C 2x Am C/G C When the family tree starts growing some phantom limbs Am C/G C I knew it to be true Am C/G C Am C/G Now this kindred kindling smoke won't stop following you Am C/G C F C C/G You're talking in your sleep, the only time I hear you speak Am C/G C F C C/G Locked and sealed inside your ribcage lays a stomach you won't feed Am C/G C F C C/G And you can hardly hear the ocean in the shell you've grown to be Am C/G C Just vacancy F C C/G Just vacancy C Am G 2x C Am G Needed a change of scenery, you miss a place you've never been C Am G But I suffocate up mountains, and I sink in every sea (so let me be) C Am G Vicariously living life through me, when all I want is to feel clean C Am G You ended up with trustfall wounds, and pins and needles feet Am G Am C/G C C/G F C C/G 2x Am C/G C Bet I can hold my breath longer than you can underwater C/G F C C/G And I'll cling to your collarbones happily Am C/G C And you sound just like your father but your voice carried further C/G F C C/G Am C/G C You won't grow to be taller half asleep C/G F C C/G Am C/G C Grab all the guilt you can garner and give it to me C/G F C C/G You bite the hand that pulls on your callar and chew on your teeth C C/G Am C/G F C C/G 2x Am C/G C C/G Had a good head on your shoulders at least until you got older F C C/G You know a steady and slow burn still ends in smoke Am C/G C What started out as a smoulder has surfaced boiling over C/G F C C/G The eyes of the beholder are sewn to be closed C G Am C/G F C C/G I'm breaking bones and you're signing my cast, that's exactly how you'll wind up dead C G Am C/G F C C/G I am blessed to be home I'm possessed by my past put a roof over my rotten head F C C/G You know exactly where I'll go when I'm gone F C C/G Know that it's been in the works for so long F C C/G Born and raised tending to our trauma bond F C C/G Because you know that it's all we've got