Paralytic States by Against Me! Intro: E F# B G# B She could hear them fucking through Those thin hotel walls E She heard babies crying, She heard laughter, she heard sirens B Red and blue lights flashing Through those cheap hotel drapes E Blood spilled out on the porcelain F# The bath tub's over-flowing E F# Paralytic states of dependency B G# All waking life's just a living dream E F# Agitated states of amazement B G# Never quite the woman that she wanted to be B G# Never quite the woman that she wanted to be E F# B G# B Spread out faced down on those Stained cheap hotel sheets E She spent the last years of her life Running from the boy she used to be B Cut her face wide open Shaved the bone down thin E Plumped her lips up exaggerated F#m A fucked up kind of feminine E F# Paralytic states of dependency B G# All waking life's just a living dream E F# Agitated states of amazement B G# Never quite the woman that she wanted to be B G# Never quite the woman that she wanted to be G A D B D Night time at the hotel there was fighting in the hall G Thin chain lock to keep the world out She held her breath till it was gone D Standing naked in front of that hotel bathroom mirror G In her dysphoria's reflection A She still saw her mother's son G D A Paralytic states of dependency G D A All waking life's just a living dream G D A Agitated states of amazement G A Never quite the woman that she wanted to be G A Never quite the woman that she wanted to be G A G A By the time the ball dropped it was already over G A G A By the time the ball dropped it was already over G A D No resolutions for the new year beginning tomorrow