Written by Darby Cicci, Michael Lerner, Peter Silberman
Intro: F# Bbm Abm F# F# Bbm B F# verse 1: F# Bbm Abm F# Right when the blizzard ends, they throw a fucking huge parade F# Bbm B F# A great excuse for celebration of the mess they've made F# Bbm Abm F# But then when the streets get flooded, we know what proximity's worth F# Bbm B F# 'cause we're already here in the same place when our phones don't work verse 2: (same chords as verse 1) So then we lie down in our field and just do nothing at all And I'm getting ready for when everything is wonderful For just a couple pairs of broken bones with broken feathers in blood In a meadow, uncut and understood Bridge: Ebm Abm x8 Ebm Abm We can be an island apart Ebm Abm From a ceaseless war on our heart Ebm Abm Harbored in a fortress insurmountable Ebm Abm Taller than affliction, safe wherever we are Ebm Abm Erasing horror and disgust Ebm Abm Rewinding the sorrow and the rust Ebm Abm Before our suffering's suffering, E F# Haven't we suffered enough? verse 3: B Ebm E B On the morning that we're both 19 and newly on our own B Ebm E B And all we know is "each other" and invisible homes B Ebm E B We find two empty seats in the back of a car in an empty parking lot B Ebm E B Where all our bridges are abandoned and the cops have forgot verse 4: (same chords as verse 3) And I can feel the difference when the day begins Like all I know is, "This year will be the year we win." We smoke the paper from the banner from our past parades And start again, before the memory of the mess we've made. Outro: B Ebm E B (repeated)