The Alien

Am D/F# G C Am D/F# The lights were low enough, you guessed G C You swapped your conscience with your father's medication Am D/F# Limped from Rome to Lawrenceville G C And on the way, you wrote out a self-made declaration Am D/F# And when you got to Pleasant Hill G C You forced the traffic to erase your family demons Am D/F# And made a pact with you and god G C If you don't move, I swear to you I'm gonna make ya C Em G C C Em Do you need me? G C Do you need me? C Em Do you need me? G C Do you need me? Am D G C Am D When the first officer arrived G C It happened to be the high school bully of your brother Am D When you finally recognized G C You felt some guilt that you had even let him touch you Am D Can you hear me, what's your name? G C You could not speak just laid amazed at all the damage Am D As the high school's letting out G C All the kids are sayin' the same thing that they used to C Em It's an alien G C It's an alien C Em It's an alien G C It's an alien Am D G C Am D G C Am D The lights are low enough you guessed G C Hospital food, there's never enough medication Am D The doctor asked about your ears G C You said your mom said you were made from a revelation Am D The revelation never scares G C Your fear came from your drunken dad and a pair of scissors Am D Were you just finally letting go? G C Did you mean to take out all those people with you? C Em Didn't mean to G C Didn't mean to C Em Didn't mean to G C Didn't mean to C Em Oh I didn't mean ------------------ to (Take the time to learn to let you go) G C Oh I didn't mean ---------- to (Don't let me go) C Em No I didn't mean ------------------ to (Take the time to learn to let you go) G C Oh I didn't mean ----------- to (Never let you go) Am G Am G Am G Time is here to take your last amendments and believe them on your own Am G Time is here to take you by the hand and leave you there alone Am G Time has come to take the last commandment and to carve it into stone Am G Time has come to take you by the hand and leave you here alone