The Drowning Years


F#m C#m F#m C#m This is the life of a woman with demons F#m C#m F#m C#m The first time we met I was sure she was steaming Dm Dm F#m C#m F#m C#m This is my life, this is my life - What a life F#m C#m F#m C#m Life isn’t precious and life isn’t sacred F#m C#m F#m C#m Sometimes release only comes when you meet death Dm Dm F#m C#m F#m C#m A night of reprieve we were wrecked when we slept in the park Dm Dm When we woke in the morning you cried Am Em F G (x2) could I squeeze out the dark (CHORUS) Am Em F G Destroy the noises that make all the voices and Am Em F G Get them out of my head Am Em F G Bring on the screaming and I’ll take your demons now Am Em F E(G instead of E on final CHORUS) that I’m already dead (2nd VERSE – same as 1st) Days of release when she almost felt better Gradually faded and words couldn’t get her Dm Dm F#m C#m F#m C#m Where is the light, where is the light, get the light Fearless and clear all her doubts had been cast off Her last night alive is a nightmare I’m part of Dm Dm F#m C#m F#m C#m Dreams are a lie, if dreams are a lie - So am I Dm Dm Am Em F G (x2) If thats all there is then I might as well get in the fire (TO CHORUS than to below) F Am Em F Oh how the rights of the righteous kept coming F Am Em F Shining before like the day F Am Em F E I stand before them and cried that you’re dying your way F#m C#m F#m C#m F#m C#m … I’m still not sure if the right and the wrong side is one