(intro) E5 C5 E5 (verse) E5 There she was C5 Graciously making forever less terrifying E5 And you've got the nerve to intervene C5 with a coloring book and a byro and a point to prove E5 And now you want a word (break 2x) E5 C5 E5 (chorus) C5 E5 And you washed all the wisdom out your mouth C5 E5 and the gas danced on the edge of your bottom lip C5 E5 Quick to scurry back behind the night C5 F5 E5 To avoid the silent fight and the struggle (verse) E5 There I was C5 Panicking because someone else kissed me in a dream E5 and it was on the cheek And you stamp your feet C5 and I'm moving from bored to appalled by these poignant fumes E5 that you must inflict (chorus) C5 F5 E5 And you washed all the wisdom out your mouth C5 F5 E5 and the gas danced on the edge of your bottom lip C5 F5 E5 Someone told me that that stench was called advice C5 F5 E5 Someone told me that that stench was called advice ( C5 F5 E5 ) (break) E5 (verse) E5 Took a solid breath To a little rip C5 I've got to carry your broach to cover that hideous stitch E5 All that grim repair and we're all upset See the fear in your cheeks C5 and I still smell the lies on your breath E5 And your jokes don't bounce C5 E5 and you've entered the early stages of bitterness (solo 4x) C5 F5 E5 (chorus) C5 F5 E5 And you washed all the wisdom out your mouth C5 F5 E5 and the gas danced on the edge of your bottom lip C5 F5 E5 Quick to scurry back behind the night C5 F5 E5 To avoid the silent fight and the struggle C5 F5 E5 To avoid the silent fight and the struggle ( C5 F5 E5 )