Intro: Am C Am C E Verse 1: Am Am Patroclus Patroclus G C Dm I’m not coming down Am G C I won’t get up off, get up off the roof Am G C Dm I’m tired of fighting, so sick of just surviving Am G C I’m tired of hiding the truth
Instrumental: Am C Am C E x2 Verse 2: Am Am Patroclus Patroclus G Am You don't see what I see Am G C Dm You don’t know the pain that I bear Am G C You want me off this rooftop Am G C Dm Convince me that life’s not a gathering of pain and despair Am G C Dm Achilles Achilles Achilles, come down Am G C Won’t you get up off, get up off the roof? Pre-Chorus: Am G C My dearest, my lover please forgive this act Am G C Dm I just can’t live like this anymore Am G C It appears I’ve been trying to piece my heart together Am G C Dm But its fragments still litter the floor Chorus: C Em Am I can’t take this pain any longer Am E C I can’t keep living this way C C Em Am I’m too shattered to keep on fighting Am E C I just want to fly away C Em Am I can’t take this pain any longer C Dm Achilles come down Am E C I can’t keep living this way G Am get off the roof C C Em Am I’m too shattered to keep on fighting C Dm Achilles come down Am E C I just want to fly away Outro: Am G C Dm Patroclus, don't be stupid I’m not falling down Am G Am I am growing wings and flying away Am G C I’ll wait there in paradise Am G Am Dreaming about your eyes Am G C Dm Waiting for you to join me someday Am G C Dm I’ll wait for you to join me someday