A E F#m D x2
A E
He left a card and a bar of soap with
F#m D
scrubbing brush next to a note,
A E F#m D
That said "use these down to your bones".
A E
And before I knew I had shiny skin and
F#m D
it felt easy being clean like him,
A E F#m D
I thought "this one knows better than I do"
Bm A E
A triangle trying to squeeze through a circle
Bm D
He tried to cut me so I'd fit
E A
And doesn't that sound familiar?
E
Doesn't that hit too close to home?
F#m D
Doesn't that make you shiver; the way things could've gone?
E A E
And doesn't it feel peculiar that everyone wants a little more.
F#m D
So that I do remember to never go that far,
E A E F#m D }x2
Could you leave me with a scar ah-ah?
A E
So the next one came with a bag of treats,
F#m D
She smelled like sugar and spoke like the sea
A E F#m D
She told me don't, trust them trust me.
A E
Then she pulled at my stitches one by one,
F#m D
Looked at my insides clicking her tongue,
A E F#m D
And said "This will all have to come undone".
Bm A E
A triangle trying to squeeze through a circle,
Bm D
She tried to blunt me so I'd fit.
E A
And doesn't that sound familiar?
E
Doesn't that hit too close to home?
F#m
Doesn't that make you shiver;
D
the way things could have gone?
E A
And doesn't it feel peculiar,
E
that everyone wants a little more?
F#m D
So that I do remember to never go that far,
E Bm D A E
Could you leave me with a scar?
Bm D E
A
I think I realized just in time,
E
about my old self was hard to find.
F#m D
You can bathe me in your finest wine but I'll never give you mine.
A
'Cos I'm a little bit tired of fearing that
E
I'll be the bad fruit nobody buys,
F#m D
Tell me, did you think we'd all dream the same?
E A
And doesn't that sound familiar?
E
Doesn't that hit too close to home?
F#m D
Doesn't that make you shiver; the way things could've gone?
E A E
And doesn't it feel peculiar that everyone wants a little more.
F#m D
So that I do remember to never go that far,
A E
Could you leave me with a scar ah-ah?
F#m D A E
could you leave me with a scar? ah-ah-ah.
F#m D A
could you leave me with a scar