O Parasite chords by Rosie Lord

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
B

Verse 1:
B
I know you’re in there
G                           B
I know you can hear me even though you’re not listening
E                B
you never do anything but eat my insides
G                           B
choke off my air supply and swallow my tears like
E                           B
this is your idea of a joke, and you are drowning
G                       B
in my intestines and my blood, but when you’re screaming
E                          B
it’s my voice that makes a sound, and I’ve been dying
G                    E                 A
everyday that I have lived, but today, today…

B

Verse 2:
B
I’ve spent my whole life
G                         B
feeding another heartless maw with endless hunger
E                       B
and endless want, while I myself went starving
G                                B
choking down a feast of pain and love, just to watch it
E                              B
go down someone else’s gullet: someone who’s inside me,
G                                         B
slipped in through the cuts that mark my skin, who thinks I’m territory
E                        B
victim of my generosity, who thinks he’s dying
G                           E                  A
every day he’s massacred my growth, but today, today…

B E G A
Ah...
B E G A
Ah...

Verse 3:
B                     G
You’re a disconnected pair of loquacious lips,
    B              E
without a heart or mind or something to control them
B                          G                                        B
but the hate that lingers, ears that twist and grind the words they take
                    E
and make a need for someone, someone else to blame.
       B                              G                       B
You’ve festered and you’ve conquered, metastasis, and I never knew
                E                                  B
the tumor in me wasn’t that, but living and really you.
                         G                                  E
And I’ve been suffering, sorry that I’ve caused you so much pain
            A
but today, today…

Bridge:
B                        E
No more cracks in the mirror
G                    A
Everything’s getting just a little bit clearer
         B                                   E
just enough to break. Your first mistake was making me your hiding place
    G                                 A
I’m not your host and so it’s time to say goodbye.

Chorus:
A
B      E          G               B
O parasite, I was never yours to take
B            E               G            B
I’m dying of being sorry for every time I ache.
B                 E                                G           B
Don’t tell me I’m breaking your heart while you’re feeding off mine.
B       E        G
O parasite, it’s time
     B E G A
Tt’s time,
B E G A
Ah...

Verse 4:
B
You took my eyes out
G                            B
started with the retinas and pulled, and did it slowly
E                          B
I pretended not to notice; ignored it like the others
G                              B
every snip at neurons that you made, every mental battery
E                          B
a massacre of rationality. I’ve been so willing
G                              B
to sacrifice myself to let you live, my guide, my mentor
E                                        B
the things you never were but thought to be. Respect is not owed
    G                                  E             A
and love that just goes one way’s suicide, so today, today…

B

Verse 5:
B
Now this is over
G                              B
this reign over my body and my mind. No begging, pleading
E                               B
will stop me from leaving you behind. This is the ending
G                     B
of every lie you ever drank, and every doubt, fear,
E                               B
hatred that you sewed inside my skin. And this ejection
G                                    B
full, complete, and not a trace will stay, no longer broken
     E                                  B
your fingers pulled out, bloody, one by one, no longer dying
G                             E                A
every time I see my loathsome face, and today, today…

Bridge:
A
B                         E
No more punches at the mirror
G                       A
free from hindrance, my path’s a little bit clearer
         B                                E
just enough to take. I’ve come awake, and now I’ve got a brand new face
    G                                   A
I’m done with you, and now it’s time to say goodbye.

Chorus:
A
B      E          G              B
O parasite, I was never yours to break.
B             E                       G             B
I’m part of a whole new world where I never have to ache.
B               E                         G                  B
I’ve never been breaking your heart; I’ve only been breaking mine.
B     E          G
O parasite, it’s time.
     B E G A
Tt’s time, (O, parasite, I was never yours to take)
B E G A
ah... (I'm dying of being sorry for every time I ache)
B E G A
ah... (Don't tell me I'm breaking your heart while you're feeding off mine)
B E G A
ah... (So far away, so much to say)

Outro:
B      G           E
Today, today… I’ll breathe.