Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
Intro:
BB
Verse 1:
BB
I know you’re in there
G+G BB
I know you can hear me even though you’re not listening
E MajorE BB
you never do anything but eat my insides
G+G BB
choke off my air supply and swallow my tears like
E MajorE BB
this is your idea of a joke, and you are drowning
G+G BB
in my intestines and my blood, but when you’re screaming
E MajorE BB
it’s my voice that makes a sound, and I’ve been dying
G+G E MajorE A augmentedA
everyday that I have lived, but today, today…
BB
Verse 2:
BB
I’ve spent my whole life
G+G BB
feeding another heartless maw with endless hunger
E MajorE BB
and endless want, while I myself went starving
G+G BB
choking down a feast of pain and love, just to watch it
E MajorE BB
go down someone else’s gullet: someone who’s inside me,
G+G BB
slipped in through the cuts that mark my skin, who thinks I’m territory
E MajorE BB
victim of my generosity, who thinks he’s dying
G+G E MajorE A augmentedA
every day he’s massacred my growth, but today, today…
BB E MajorE G+G A augmentedA
Ah...
BB E MajorE G+G A augmentedA
Ah...
Verse 3:
BB G+G
You’re a disconnected pair of loquacious lips,
BB E MajorE
without a heart or mind or something to control them
BB G+G BB
but the hate that lingers, ears that twist and grind the words they take
E MajorE
and make a need for someone, someone else to blame.
BB G+G BB
You’ve festered and you’ve conquered, metastasis, and I never knew
E MajorE BB
the tumor in me wasn’t that, but living and really you.
G+G E MajorE
And I’ve been suffering, sorry that I’ve caused you so much pain
A augmentedA
but today, today…
Bridge:
BB E MajorE
No more cracks in the mirror
G+G A augmentedA
Everything’s getting just a little bit clearer
BB E MajorE
just enough to break. Your first mistake was making me your hiding place
G+G A augmentedA
I’m not your host and so it’s time to say goodbye.
Chorus:
A augmentedA
BB E MajorE G+G BB
O parasite, I was never yours to take
BB E MajorE G+G BB
I’m dying of being sorry for every time I ache.
BB E MajorE G+G BB
Don’t tell me I’m breaking your heart while you’re feeding off mine.
BB E MajorE G+G
O parasite, it’s time
BB E MajorE G+G A augmentedA
Tt’s time,
BB E MajorE G+G A augmentedA
Ah...
Verse 4:
BB
You took my eyes out
G+G BB
started with the retinas and pulled, and did it slowly
E MajorE BB
I pretended not to notice; ignored it like the others
G+G BB
every snip at neurons that you made, every mental battery
E MajorE BB
a massacre of rationality. I’ve been so willing
G+G BB
to sacrifice myself to let you live, my guide, my mentor
E MajorE BB
the things you never were but thought to be. Respect is not owed
G+G E MajorE A augmentedA
and love that just goes one way’s suicide, so today, today…
BB
Verse 5:
BB
Now this is over
G+G BB
this reign over my body and my mind. No begging, pleading
E MajorE BB
will stop me from leaving you behind. This is the ending
G+G BB
of every lie you ever drank, and every doubt, fear,
E MajorE BB
hatred that you sewed inside my skin. And this ejection
G+G BB
full, complete, and not a trace will stay, no longer broken
E MajorE BB
your fingers pulled out, bloody, one by one, no longer dying
G+G E MajorE A augmentedA
every time I see my loathsome face, and today, today…
Bridge:
A augmentedA
BB E MajorE
No more punches at the mirror
G+G A augmentedA
free from hindrance, my path’s a little bit clearer
BB E MajorE
just enough to take. I’ve come awake, and now I’ve got a brand new face
G+G A augmentedA
I’m done with you, and now it’s time to say goodbye.
Chorus:
A augmentedA
BB E MajorE G+G BB
O parasite, I was never yours to break.
BB E MajorE G+G BB
I’m part of a whole new world where I never have to ache.
BB E MajorE G+G BB
I’ve never been breaking your heart; I’ve only been breaking mine.
BB E MajorE G+G
O parasite, it’s time.
BB E MajorE G+G A augmentedA
Tt’s time, (O, parasite, I was never yours to take)
BB E MajorE G+G A augmentedA
ah... (I'm dying of being sorry for every time I ache)
BB E MajorE G+G A augmentedA
ah... (Don't tell me I'm breaking your heart while you're feeding off mine)
BB E MajorE G+G A augmentedA
ah... (So far away, so much to say)
Outro:
BB G+G E MajorE
Today, today… I’ll breathe.
