Key: Db ♫ Verse 1: C F He's punching walls again, cohesive arguments evade him C F Eggshell temperament, no emotional regulation C Hysterical baby, his gaze always evades me F C Doesn't know that he is pavin' the road for my escape way every time F I scratch another line ♫ Chorus: N.C. C I used to think of him a caring thing, knuckles on his drywall F I've tried all of the parenting C Descent into hysterically, rippin' into ribbons F The things he knows he isn't and severing ties
♫ Verse 2: N.C. C F Funny rationality, what would positions in power be? C Led by feelings that seemingly change hourly F I'm floored you ever got there C And when he snaps out of it F He drones in monotone, on a power trip C With telltale blood still running in his coward lips F From raising strokes that he hopes I'll cower in ♫ Chorus: C I used to think of him a caring thing, knuckles on his drywall F I've tried all of the parenting C Descent into hysterically, rippin' into ribbons F The things he knows he isn't and severing ties ♫ Instrumental: C F C F ♫ Bridge: F Never making good on silent threats C So that he knows that I have nothing F Never making good on silent threats C So that he knows that I have nothing F Never making good on silent threats C So that he knows that I have nothing F Never making good on silent threats C So that he knows that I have nothing Am Never making good on silent threats Em So that he knows that I have nothing F Never making good on silent threats G So that he knows that I have nothing Am Never making good on silent threats Em So that he knows that I have nothing F Dm Oh, but he has nothing ♫ Chorus: N.C. I used to think of him a caring thing, knuckles on his drywall F I've tried all of the parenting C Descent into hysterically, rippin' into ribbons F The things he knows he isn't and severing ties ♫ Outro: C F I'm severing ties C F C Severing ties