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