[Verse 1]
F Em
When I look back, tracing
F
fingertips over plastic bags
Em C
Thinking, "I wish I could
Bm Em
extrapolate some small intention
Bm Em
Or maybe just get your attention
C D
for a minute or two"
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[Verse 2]
F
Will I die? Or will I
Em
get to that ten-year mark?
F
Where I beat the extinction
Em
of telomeres?
Dm
And if I do, will you be there
E7
with me, Father, Sister,
Brother?
[Verse 3] F Charlie, stop smoking G Caroline, will you be with me? Will the baby be alright? F G Will I have one of mine? F Can I handle it even if I do? G It's said that my mind Is not fit, or so they said, F to carry a child C Am I guess I'll be fine [Verse 4] F It wasn't my idea, the cocktail of things that twists Dm neurons inside G But without them, I'd die E7 They say there's irony in the music, F it's a tragedy, I Dm G See nothing Greek in it Give me a mausoleum in Rhode Island with Dad, Grandma, E7 Grandpa, and Dave F Who hung himself real high Dm G In the National Park sky, it's a shame and I'm G#dim crying right now Am To get to you, save you, E7 if I take my life Find your astral body, G D#dim put it into my eyes F Give you two seconds to cry G Take you home, I, I'll give you a blanket Your spirit can sit and G#dim Am watch TV by my side D G 'Cause, baby, I Ran through a time when E7 I felt you were doing it
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[Verse 5] F I couldn't handle it, I was in Monaco F I couldn't hear what they said on the telephone G I had to sing for the prince in two hours G Sat in the shower E7 Dm Gave myself two seconds to cry Dm G It's a shame that we die [Verse 6] When I was fifteen, naked, C next-door neighbors did a drive-by Pulled me up by my waist, F C long hair to the beach side F I wanted to go out like you, swim with the fishes C That he caught on Rhode Island beaches But, sometimes, it's Em F just not your time [Verse 7] G Caroline, what kind of was she to E say I'd end up in institutions? F All I wanted to do was kiss G C Aaron Greene and sit by Am F The lake, twisting lime into G the drinks that they made Have a babe at sixteen, E7 the town I was born in, F and died [Verse 8] Am G Aaron ended up dead and not me What the fuck's wrong C in your head to send me away, never to come back? G Exotic places and people don't E7 take the place of being F your child Fm C I give myself two seconds to cry [Verse 9] Am G Let it crash over me Like the waves in the sea E7 F Call me Aphrodite G As they bow down to me [Verse 10] Dm E Sunbather, moon chaser, F G queen of empathy E7 I give myself two seconds F to breathe And go back to being G a serene queen I just needed two seconds E7 F to be me
