The Front Bottoms – Twin Size Mattress (Guitar)

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This is for the lions living in the wiry broke down frames of my friends’ bodies

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When the floodwater comes, it ain’t gonna be clear, it’s gonna look like mud

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But I will help you swim,       I will help you swim, I’m gonna help you swim

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This is for the snakes and the people they bite

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For the friends I’ve made, for the sleepless nights

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For the warning signs I’ve completely ignored

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There’s an amount to take, reasons to take more

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It’s no big surprise you turned out this way

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When they close their eyes and prayed you'd change

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They cut your hair, and sent you away

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You stopped by my house the night you escaped

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With tears in my eyes, I begged you to stay

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You said “Hey man, I love you, but no fucking way”

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I’m sure we could find something for you to do on stage

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Maybe shake a tambourine, or when I sing, you sing harmonies

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This is for the lake that me and my friends swim in, naked and dumb on a drunken night

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And it shoulda felt good, but I could hear the Jaws theme song on repeat in the back of my mind

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Make sure you kiss your knuckles before you punch me in the face

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There are lessons to be learned, consequences for all the stupid things I say

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And it is no big surprise you turned out this way

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The spark in your eyes, the look on your face, I will not be brave

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I’m sure we could find something for you to do on stage

D     C                           Em      F
Maybe shake a tambourine, or when I sing, you sing harmonies

D        C                Em              F
I wanna contribute to the chaos, I don’t wanna watch and then complain

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‘Cause I am through finding blame. That is the decision that I have made

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She hopes I’m cursed forever to sleep on a twin sized mattress

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In somebody’s attic or basement my whole life

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Never graduating up in size to add another

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And my nightmares will have nightmares every night, oh every night, every night