Intro
E A (x2)
[Verse]
E
The orderlies shuffle
A
across black and white marble
E
They're bustling reminders that
A
no one can slow down the days
E
The white coats and black boards
A
they conspire behind locked doors
E
They don't want to tell you how long
A
until it eats me away
E
I wish you would wake me
A
when I'm violently shaking
E
Tossing and turning through dreams
A
where I die giving up
E
I wish it had been you
A
that I'd given my heart to
E
Instead of just wasting these moments
A
by biting my tongue
[Chorus]
C#m B
And I've been having dreams
A E
of black and white infirmaries
C#m
With the palest walls
B A
that always stand in silence
C#m B
If I thought that you could hear
A E
I'd whisper in your ear
C#m
All the things I couldn't
B A
come around to writing
[Interlude]
E A (x2)
[Verse]
E
I've been constantly stepping
A
with these unwanted weapons
E
Like the things that I think
A
and I feel will destroy everything
E
So I'll hold a flame to
A
the things I won't tell you
E
And sift through the ashes
A
for some kind of reason to sing
[Chorus]
C#m B
And I've been having dreams
A E
of black and white infirmaries
C#m
With the palest walls
B A
that always stand in silence
C#m B
If I thought that you could hear
A E
I'd whisper in your ear
C#m
All the things I couldn't
B A
come around to writing
[Interlude]
E B A (x2)
[Outro]
E
And I'll bleed right out
B A
of these wounds that I gave myself
E
And I'll live out
B A
live out this life with nobody's help
E
And I'll bleed right out
B A
of these wounds that I gave myself
E
And I'll live out
B A
live out this life with nobody's help