♫ Verse 1: D Am Every couple of years now, a doctor says I'm sick D Pulls out a brand new bag of tricks Am And then they lay it on me D Am And at first, it was my brain, then a skeleton in pain D Am And I don't like to complain, but I'm saying sorry ♫ Pre-Chorus: D D When I met you, I thought I was damaged goods D Had a fucked up childhood D And there's poison in my brain and in my blood
♫ Chorus: D Fm If you knew it was the end of the world Am Could you love me like a child? D Could you hold me in the dark? D Fm If you knew it was the end of the world Am Would you like to stay a while? D Would you leave when it gets hard? ♫ Verse 2: D Am So I ran into the clinic and I asked to see the man D With his white coat and his stethoscope Am Like a snake around his hand D Am And I told him I'm not bitter 'cause I finally found a lover D Am Who's better for my liver, and now I'll finally recover ♫ Pre-Chorus: D D When I met him, I thought I was damaged goods D From a real bad neighborhood D So we wrestled in the mud D D And I told him he could stay right where he stood D But I don't know if he should D 'Cause once my God destroys the flesh, then there's the flood ♫ Chorus: D Fm If you knew it was the end of the world Am Could you love me like a child? D Could you hold me in the dark? D Fm If you knew it was the end of the world Am Would you like to stay a while? D Maybe we could build an ark ♫ Bridge: D Fm We could sail on broken driftwood through the sopping wet terrain Am D And count the buildings and the bodies getting swallowed by the rain D Fm And in the water, there's the doctor who didn't listen to my claim Am What a shame, he's circling a drain ♫ Outro: D D When I met you, I said I would never die D D But the joke was always mine 'cause I'm racing against time D Fm Am And I know it's not the end of the world, but could you pick me up at 8? D 'Cause my treatment starts today