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Killing Time
02:04
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Verse
G F
Killing time
Seconds bleeding out of hours
A murder of minutes like nothing matters
The time aint adding up
I think the hourglass is stuck
I dont know how to put my mind to rest
Chorus
C C/B Amin C/B
Verse
G F
I’ll slip to sleep
Not even a dream in the bags under my eyes
Sit back relapse
Hold in the cracks
Of a wound left bleeding
Sip and stare
But theres still no one there
A loss to empty to share
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2. |
The Darkest Halloween
03:01
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Verse:
C Amin F x4
I still have nightmares so often that I can’t call them dreams
I’ve taken every pill and tried everything to just help me sleep
Now I’m so tired
Tonight will it be trick or treat?
I lost my mind in a game of hide and seak
Prechorus:
G Amin F x2
Now I’m on my way out
Verse
And when I’m gone I’ll still exist in the lights that only shadows see
The echos recall the thought I’m alive if only momentarily
Then I weep and mourn the grips of the young lost to the shapes that formed on the tips of your tongue
When you said this is it
Well if this is it
It’s the darkest Halloween
Prechorus
Now I’m on my way out
Prechorus 2:
Amin C F
Amin G F
Mama I found meaning in the words you left behind
And maybe that’s why
Chorus:
C F
G Amin F C G F
x2
Did you fear the wrath of the reaper
The pulse of your finger on that trigger
The life that cost the love you traded for lust
Did you fear your youth escaping when god put that gun in your hand
You swore as long as you lived he would never forgive those sins
Post chorus:
G Bb Db
So when the reaper calls will you go with him?
Bridge:
D G Bmin A G Bb x2
I’m down and out
I’m breaking down
Waiting on you to come around
Post bridge:
C F
G Amin F C G F G
When death is only a heartbeat away
When he comes don’t be afraid
Chorus 2:
C F Amin G F x2
Did you fear the wrath of the reaper
The pulse of your finger on that trigger
The life that cost the love you traded for lust
Did you fear your youth escaping when god put that gun in your hand
You swore as long as you lived he would never forgive those sins
(I’m breaking down
Waiting on you to come around)
Post chorus
So when the reaper calls will you go with him?
Outro:
D B D B Bb
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3. |
Thumper
03:01
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Intro
Bmin G A D x 4
Verse
Bmin G D A x 4
I wish I could know you the way I know who I wanted you to be
You make me feel like nothing but an audience watching you up on the stage
Best to keep things intimately distant that way
Prechorus
G Bmin G x 4
Chorus
Bmin G D A
Emin G A
Just let go
Follow me down the rabbit hole
She says it’s the happiest place on earth
I swear I’m the last person on earth can control
And I don’t even want to know
What’s waiting for me down the rabbit hole
Bridge
Bmin G x 2
Bmin G Bmin G
Bury me under the floorboards
Bridge 2
Bmin G Emin D A
Bmin G A
Bury me under the floorboards
Prechorus
Solo
Bmin G D A x 2
Chorus
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4. |
The Labyrinth
02:35
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Intro
F#min E B
Verse 1
F#min E A B
You should have left me where you found me
(It’s getting darker as we go)
The venom is pumping through me now
(It took a hold now it won’t let go)
The sound of footsteps lead you forward
(Just like letters in a row)
One step away from oblivion
Verse 2
F#min E B x3
F#min C#
I’ve seen your eyes wandering
Tearing behind closed doors wondering
Why lately I’ve been feeling like
I’ve been slipping into oblivion
Chorus
D A F#min D
A F#min E
I’m lost in my mind again
Sometimes I feel self destruction is the only end
The deeper I crawl the more contempt for
It all repeats
It always brings me back through the labyrinth
Bridge
F#min E B
Where’s you’re messiah Lazarus?
Has your savior abandoned us?
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Intro
C Amin F
Verse
C E F
Amin C Dmin F
Spoiled rotten what you wanted most had become
The American ghost you found and left the pieces crumbling here to disappear
Tell me is this what you wanted
You must be so happy knowing
I’m still here and I’m hungover
And it’s so clear because you’re so sober you’re out of here
Prechorus
Dmin G
Dmin F G
But I’m the one who walked away
And I swear I’m going to change but
Chorus
C Amin Dmin F
It’s okay
Don’t wait for me where I’m going it’s too late
And I know sometimes it’s easier to say
“It’s already over this time”
Post chorus
C Amin F
It’s already out of my mind
It’s already over this time
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6. |
Don't Wait for Me
02:49
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Verse
C Amin F
Don’t wait for me
It’s already over
Disintegrating where we stand
Fractured hearts don’t ever mend the same
Misshapen, holding pain, and aching
Did we fade it before we blew it all away
At least we learned from those mistakes
Now you’re the best part of every nightmare
At least there I know where to find you
Outro
G Amin
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7. |
Hide the Bones
02:30
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Intro
E G# C# A
E G# C# G# A B
Verse
E G# A E B
A E B
My eyes are glued to the cross hanging from your neck
Should I be praying yet?
My skin is glued to my body with sweat
I haven’t caught your name yet
I don’t need to know a name
I just need to find a way to
Chorus
E G# C# A
G# C# G# A
Erase the ghost and hide the bones
You fuck up you had every opportunity
Crawl until you bleed all your way back home
Disguised within your life as who you want to be
Post Chorus
G# A F# A B
Nobody needs to know
Erase the ghost and hide the bones
Intro
Verse 2
C# A E B
G# A E B
As the hook enters my veins
I feel numb from my feet to my head
I black out and realize that I’m too late
I go back to hating myself again
Chorus
Solo
G# A C# BC
Outro
E B A E B
That’s not who I want to be
Casually careless and fucking up everything
Slipping through cracks in the floorboards hoping nobody sees
Say that I’m changing but we both know that words don’t mean anything
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8. |
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Verse
A Bmin F#min D
Another night in a midwest town
All the streetlights are powered down
Darkness setting against the wind
As the threat of autumn comes creeping in
Can you tell this isn’t my first time?
It probably won’t be my last
There’s no way out of this mess now
Not at least until I’m out of cash
Pre Chorus
F#min D E
And the memories fade faster than they’re made
Subtle reminders that you wish things could have changed
Chorus
A C#min D Dmin
F#min E D
Today’s been a long time coming and this one’s for you
And I know that you’re scared after all of the shit that you’ve been through
Give it one last swing
Be sure to give it all you’ve got
Because we’ve all got our shot and hey johnny, this one’s for you
Solo
A F#min D
Bridge
A C#min F#min E C#min x 2 D
All the letters that I’d write
That you could never find
So just leave them all behind
Gang Section
A C#min F#min E D
You’re so hung up on made up memories
Too late to make up as i’m hanging off the ledge
Time to find a new way out of a grave you dug yourself
As we were all waiting on you to come to
I still hear the echos in my mind telling me that “Johnny’s gonna die”
Johnny’s gonna die
Bridge 2
A F#min D Dmin
Johnnys gonna die
Pre Chorus
Chorus
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9. |
Second Edition
03:09
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Intro
AEG#min
AEEmaj7
Intro 2
ABEF#min
Verse
ABEF#min x 3
Manuscript left face down in the gutter
secrets in unknown pages torn out from the cover
I’ll follow your voice home my compass in the darkness
You left me abandoned when I found you swinging in the closet
Prechorus
F#min G#min E C#min B
G#min A F#min A
Don’t you know it’s contagious
Getting fitted for my crucifix
As I hide from my life
On an overdose of blue sky
Chorus
E F#min A Amaj7 x3
F#min A
This is the second edition of
The death you lived the life you tried to throw away
But it’s not my confession to make
It’s not my voice to say
This isn’t the place to lay the blame
Bridge
F#min G#min E C#min B x4
Face down hiding under the floorboards again x2
Prechorus
F#min G#min E C#min B
G#min A E
Don’t you know it’s contagious
Getting fitted for my crucifix
As I hide from my life
Bridge 2
F#min G#min E C#min B
F#min G#min E B
F#min G#min E C#min B
F#min G#min E B C#min D#min
Waiting on you to come home
Chorus
Intro
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10. |
House of Leaves
06:20
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Intro
E c#min A B A G#min A B x2
Don’t follow the light through the door in the basement
Don’t make a sound
Don’t run
I’ll be with you in the cracks the light has never found
This house has a dark heart
It creeks through the night and keeps your secrets alive
We all have bones in our closets and ghosts creeping under our beds
Build
E A x4
Interlude
D E x2
But is it enough just to hide it?
Relinquish control and let go
Bridge
A D Bmin D
Life’s too short to be left waiting
don’t let it fade out
It killed me when you said o drained you out
Chorus
A F#min D x2
Bmin F#min D
There was a time when we called this house a home
Now just four walls to hide behind
The perfect charade of a life
This fear comes alive
What doesn’t touch the ground must hold the sky
As it leaves us all behind
I’ll look for you where
You left the light on when we needed a prayer
That was never your burden to bear
That’s why he moved on
He won’t come down
Lost inside the sun with the light he found
Post Chorus
Bmin A ( F#min E C#min D)
As the lighthouse fades out
the compass spins around
Is it you my navigator?
Solo
AD F#minD ( F#min E C#min D)
Outro
D E
I will lift the sunset
I’ll start all over again
A life in the making
Of a love worth saving
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