Juvenescent

E E C#m B A E Well, all my life G#m I have been smothered C#m By grandmas and grandpas B A Aunts and uncles, and my mother E And all your life G#m You have been fighting C#m B A For just a moment of what I get every day C#m B 'Cause you never knew love without condition A B No one to fight for you or make you feel secure C#m B Now you're searching for a quick fix to a lifelong wound F#m E B But cancer can't be healed in a drug store E You're runnin' around with open wounds G#m Thinking that from pain you're immune C#m B A Bleeding on the ones who try loving you E You do everything you can to dismiss G#m That little boy who always wished C#m B A He had a father he could call his E Well, all my life G#m I have hated people like you C#m Who will never know B A What it means to starve for love E And all your life G#m You have taken for granted C#m B A A gift I may go all my years and never know C#m G#m 'Cause you never knew begging for affection E Asus B You never had to prove that you were worthy of their time C#m G#m Now you're wondering why I can't accept your loving F#m E B But I don't know what loving is without a fight E Well, I'm running around, all scratched and bruised G#m Repeating patterns of abuse C#m B A Spreading hurt so they can feel pain, too, mmm E I do everything I can to deny G#m That little girl who always tried C#m B A To prove to them that she was worth their time E Well, you're running round with open wounds G#m Thinking that from pain you're immune C#m B F#m Bleeding on the ones who try loving you, woah E I do everything I can to deny B That little girl who always tried C#m B A To prove to them that she was worth their time