On Birds And Bodies

D G D G D G A Bm A F#m D yesterday i found out that my bones are hollow, A F#m when did they plan on telling me that? F#m A F#m D so today for the first time i'm going to try to fly A F#m don't test me now. D A F#m D and my body says, "you can't do like you used to, boy, A F#m no you can't do like you used to." F# D F#m D and what part of, "i need this to survive" did you not understand? D F#m did you not understand? D F#m it's hard enough to say "i am alive," F#m D how could you not understand? D F# how could you not understand? F#m D A F#m D A F#m D A F#m D and tomorrow, i'll be found eleven miles west in the grass D A F#m when did they plan on telling me that? D A F#m so for now - i'll just leave my world behind F#m D D F#m i'll just leave my wife behind, yeah. D A F#m D and my body says, "you can't do like you used to, boy, A F#m no you can't do like you used to." F# D F#m D and what part of, "i need this to survive" did you not understand? D F#m did you not understand? D F#m it's hard enough to say "i am alive," F#m D how could you not understand? D F#m how could you not understand? D A F#m D A F#m D* F#m* i felt like i owned this land - D* F# but now i'm not all i could be, now that i know what i could have been. D* F#m* i feel like i am whole again - D* with solid bones and ripped up skin, F#m* this is all that i've ever been D this is all that i've ever been G D G D G A D F#m F# D and what part of, "i need this to survive" did you not understand? D F#m did you not understand? D F#m it's hard enough to say "i am alive," F#m F#m how could you not understand? D F#m how could you not understand? D A F#m D A F#m D