Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse

Skies black, cold and vacant now

I sat on the hillside

 The stars up above me

 Like pinholes in velvet

 I listened to the song

 That I hoped I'd never hear

And off behind me

Guns snap like insects

 We're fighting for causes

 We don't really fathom

 But we'll charge ahead

 Bloodied hands feed the flames

Bridge

Their guns all rain down

Say your prayers, fall and run

This is do or die this time

Raise your fist, give 'em hell boys

Let's make them wish they'd never lived

My eyes locked with a boy on the other side

Hands dropped, he stood defenseless

 But he wasn't frightened

 His face was accepting

 But I couldn't pull

 I couldn't pull, I couldn't pull

 And I could see it clear

 To fall was not my fear

 To make one fall was

 And the chaos returned, I backed into the trees

 Left my guns on the ground, wiped the mud from my knees

 And I knew in my heart that my old life was gone

 That in walking away, my name was undone

So I might as well run

Parts and bones and strings of secrets cut the ties that bind me

I might dream myself as king, but I ain't made for ruling

 Just live another day,

and I can find another way (3x)