Verse 1:
Dm
Expectations high from the start
E
I’ll just mess it up
G
“Congratulations you fell apart”
A
xxxx I messed it up
Dm
They tell me I just need to grow up
E
But I know that they think that I’m not enough
G
Pirouette your view and you’ll see
A                                   Dm
There’s no cure for burnt out and naive
E               G       A
  (It’s killing me)
Dm
Spinning all around, I think I spun out
E
My fault by default
G
Thoughts racing up and down, oh what to do now?
A
Follow protocol
Dm
But I hate this I don’t wanna play ball
E
I just wanna end this once and for all
G
Panic all around, but never make a sound
A         F5    F5
Emotional free fall

Pre-chorus:
Dm              E
Stab me with an IV
B                    A
Tell me that it's to protect me
Dm                  E
Tell me I should be ignoring
G                        A
Everything that makes me bleed
Dm       E
Cynicism inbound
B                       A
Common sense nowhere to be found
A
I'll bottle up the thought that
A                      A B Dm
I'd be better off left underground

Chorus:
B           B             Em
It’s not my decision if I make it through the night
           Gbm                 B              Em
And I keep crashing through collisions like a dying parasite
B          B             Em
Love is an incision that cuts deeper than a knife
               Abm          B               Em
But I’ll still see it in my vision till the afterlife
B       D       Em
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Laugh through every day
Abm                  B                         Em
No matter what I do, nobody has a clue, life’s always been this way
B           D              Em
I hate hate hate hate this arbitrary game
Abm                               B                     Em
No matter what you heard, you’ll never hear the words nobody dares to say


Verse 2:
Dm
Say you’ll be my friend to the very end
              E
But I’m in my head, in my head, and I’m seeing red
      G
In a superficial ecosystem, recognize the repetition
A
Otherwise you’ll end up dead

      Dm
I’ll underestimate (overcompensate)
E
Circumstantiate (hyperventilate)
G
Rehabilitate (decontaminate)
A
Losing at the games I told you I don’t wanna play

Dm
Expectations hitting the ground
E
My fault by default
        G
No one left to catch me when I fall down
A
No more protocol

         Dm
Feel it in my cells, my final farewell
   E
An antidote, my stairway to hell
G
Panic all around but now I’m yelling out
     A          F5 F5
The one thing I recall

Pre-chorus:
Dm              E
Stab me with an IV
B                    A
Tell me that it's to protect me
Dm                  E
Tell me I should be ignoring
G                        A
Everything that makes me bleed
Dm       E
Cynicism inbound
B                       A
Common sense nowhere to be found
A
I'll bottle up the thought that
A                      A B Dm
I'd be better off left underground

Chorus:
B           B             Em
It’s not my decision if I make it through the night
           Gbm                 B              Em
And I keep crashing through collisions like a dying parasite
B          B             Em
Love is an incision that cuts deeper than a knife
               Abm          B               Em
But I’ll still see it in my vision till the afterlife

B       D       Em
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Laugh through every day
Abm                  B                         Em
No matter what I do, nobody has a clue, life’s always been this way
B           D              Em
I hate hate hate hate this arbitrary game
Abm                               B                     Em
No matter what you heard, you’ll never hear the words nobody dares to say

Bridge:
   G E Abm Gbm
   G E Abm Abm
   G E Abm Gbm
   G A Abm Bm

Chorus:
B                 B             Em
Think I’m at the end of a road traveled far too long
            Gbm               B             Em
And I keep screaming out the lyrics of this idiotic song
B              B              Em
Hate me just because I never wanna play along
             Gbm         B                  Em
But I don’t wanna live a life where I live in the wrong

B       D       Em
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Laugh through every day
Abm                  B                         Em
No matter what I do, nobody has a clue, life’s always been this way
B           D              Em
I hate hate hate hate this arbitrary game
Abm                               B                     Em
No matter what you heard, you’ll never hear the words nobody dares to say

Abm                          B                          Em
I’ll take a final breath so they can all pretend they loved me yesterday

Outro:
   Dm E G A
   Dm E G A
   Dm