Bloodstream

E A D A/C# 4x E A D Fear Lingering Remembering A/C# running through my yard E A D A/C# like a wild stream E A D Just a little kid blood A/C# E A D A/C# flowing into my rosy cheeks E A D Now a river runs red from A/C# E A D A/C# my knuckles into the sink E A And there’s a pale girl D A/C# staring through the mirror at E A me Maybe it’s just a dream D A/C# Wish I could go back to sleep E A D A/C# 2x E A D Hydrangeas blooming of the A/C# E A D A/C# branches of park trees E A It’s a half-hearted calm D the way I’ve felt since A/C# E A D A/C# I was thirteen E A Cause I may not feel it now D A/C# covered up the wounds with my E A D A/C# long sleeves E A but I know it’s waiting there D A/C# swimming through my bloodstream E A and it’s gonna come for me D A/C# yeah it’s gonna come for me E A D A/C# 2x D C#m What did you have that F#m A I didn’t? and why am I A/C# D C#m so blue? someone’s talking F#m in my forehead that says A A/C# D I’ll never be like you C#m F#m happiness is like a firefly A D on summer evenings feel it C#m F#m slipping through my fingers A but I can’t catch it in D D my hands catch it in my E A D A/C# 2x E A D Old memories ribbons running A/C# E A D A/C# down from my bare knees E A D I ran too fast fell down A/C# E A D A/C# on my face in the concrete E A I guess the lesson’s learned D A/C# I’ve barely left my room in E A D A/C# the past week E A D And I’ve got my guard up trying A/C# all the time to stay clean E A But I don’t feel anything D A/C# I don’t feel anything E A D A/C# 2x D C#m What did you have that I F#m A A/C# D didn’t? and why am I so fucked? C#m There’s someone talking in my F#m A forehead that says I’ll never A/C# D A/C# F#m A is like a firefly on summer D C#m evenings feel it slipping F#m through my fingers but I A can’t catch it in my D hands catch it in my E A D A/C# 4x