Written by Pierce the Veil
Verso 1: Em Maybe I could swin into your thoughts like your drugs do. Em Paralyze your body, sick and tired of waking up to C Burning eyes and cigarettes. I'm falling through the couch like a C suicide mission tonight. Oh God here comes the downside. Em Wild eyes of terror pray for sex on the beach while C G Oceans of kerosene will soak into me. I'm G C Em not meant for this world, I just don't see the point. G C Don't think about it. Don't over think about it. Em C G C And life is a joke, but everything's riding on me tonight. D Been counting the stars and scars. C D How I'm becoming a work of art.Verso 2: Em G C The whispered words, "You better hide the bullets". You stayed on the phone and talked to me. Am G Did I trigger my nightmare once again? Em G C G It's fucking loaded in hand. And we'll let the fire rage. Em G Am The smoke and the drowning flames. G G My bedroom computer light is the only menace to my new faux wooden blinds.G D C D Desperate times and desperate measures. G C D C I come so close, my hopes are severed by the downside. Em G C Em C G D A million waves in the ocean crash at once to make you smile.Bridge: Em G D Now I only pray when it all goes down, C G Am D Em I'll be surrounded by all of the ones I loved and cared about, and then burn it down. Breakdown: Em G Am x8 Verso 3: Em G C D And life is a joke, at least I can love you naked and tatooed. D Counting the stars and scars. C Am And if the pain is a sound, let's slow it down.G D C D Desperate times and desperate measures. G C D C I come so close, my hopes are severed by the downside. Em G C Em C G D A million waves in the ocean crash at once to make you smile.Bridge: Em G D Now I only pray when it all goes down, C G Am D Em I'll be surrounded by all of the ones I loved and cared about, and then burn it down. Outro Em D G Am D x2 Em D Your serotonin's gone. G Am D The kerosene is gone. Em D The sunset is gone. G Am D So, hold on.G D C D Desperate times and desperate measures. G C D C I come so close, my hopes are severed by the downside. Em G C Em C G D A million waves in the ocean crash at once to make you smile.