Intro: Cmaj7-C-Cmaj7-C
Cmaj7 C
1. Fourteen years
Cmaj7 C
Thirty minutes
Asus2 Ami
Fifteen seconds I've
Asus2 Ami
Held this grudge
Eleven songs
Four full journals
Thoughts of punishment
I've expended
2. Not in contact
Not a letter
Such communication
Telepathic
You've been vilified
Used as fodder
You deserve a piece
Of every record
Dmi C Cmaj7-C
But who's it hurting now?
Dmi C Cmaj7-C
Who's the one that's stuck?
Dmi C
Who's it torturing now
C G
With an antique knot in her stomach?
C Cmaj7
R: I want to be big and let go
C
Of this grudge that's grown old
Cmaj7
All this time I've not known
C
How to rest this bygone
Cmaj7
I wanna be soft and resolved
C
Clean of slate and released
G Dsus4
I wanna forgive for the both of
3. Like an abandoned house
Dusty covered
Furniture
Still intact
If I visit it now
Do I simply re-live it
Somehow
gratuitous
But who's still aching now?
Who's tired of her own voice?
Who is it weighing down
With no gift from time of said healing
R: I want to be big...
Cmaj7 C
*: Maybe as I cut the cord
Dsus4 C
Veils will lift from my eyes
Cmaj7 C
Maybe as I lay this to rest
Asus2 C G
Dead weight off my shoulders will rise
4. Here I sit
Much determined
Ever ill-equipped
To draw this curtain
How this has entertained
Validated
And has served me well
Ever the victim
But who's done whining now?
Who's ready to put down
This load I've carried longer
than I had cared to remember
R: I want to be big... (2x)
G-Dsus4