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