Between The Roses

        C                             D
If you ever feel like I did when you slip between the cracks 
      G                                   Em
Maybe then you'll see how nothing stays in tact 
   C                           D
And when my life is over maybe you can understand 
                    G                          Em
That I planned everything, but nothing went as planned 
             Am                    D   
It's nothing personal, I just want you to know 
                G
I tried to understand 

( G  Em  Am  D  G  D )
( G  Em  Am  D  G  D )

D            G                           Em
You tortured me with the silence in your throat 
                 Am                            D
And you tortured me with the stillness in your bones 
               G                        Em
You kicked the chair from underneath my feet 
                       Am                                 D
You must have seen the noose made out of roses that I wore to guarantee 
                  G                     Em
That you couldn't go, that you wouldn't leave me all alone  
             Am                             D
Cause if you did, you'd see my body hanging just above the floor 
         G                           Em
Beside a note, to tell the world how terrible it was 
           Am                           Em
To fall in love with someone capable of cutting out my tongue
   C                  D              G
Of cutting out my, of cutting out my tongue 

                 D                            Em
So did you just forget, or do you really not remember 
                    C                           G
The bullets that we took so we could stay alive forever 
                 D                            Em
And did you just forget, or do you really not remember 
                   C                                 G
The poison that we drank, so that at least we'd die together 

( Em  Am  D  G  D )

G    D          G               Em
It's comforting to fall asleep alone 
          Am                                    D
And it's comforting because it's all I've ever known 
            G            Em
If I should die before I wake 
          Am                              D
I pray to God my soul will find a peaceful place 
            G                  Em
Between the roses, between the roses 
            Am                          D
Because the earth is only pretty for so long 
            G                  Em
Between the roses, between the roses 
             C              Am           D         G
You were the only one I'll trust to sing along 
   Em               D              G
To sing between the roses, sing my song 

                 D                            Em
So did you just forget, or do you really not remember 
                    C                           G
The bullets that we took so we could stay alive forever 
                 D                            Em
And did you just forget, or do you really not remember 
                   C                                 G
The poison that we drank, so that at least we'd die together 

G
As the sun went down, our hearts were heavy 
Em
We knew it was time, but I was not ready 
Am
To let you go, to say goodbye 
D
To a love I thought would never die 
G
You were quiet as hell and you looked so sad 
     Em
As I kissed your lips with my regrets 
Am
In hopes that maybe we'd pretend 
D                    
Forever never had to end 

G
La, la, la, la, la 
Em
La, la, la, la, la la la la 
  Am
That maybe we'd pretend 
 D                                      
Our hope had died, but our love's not dead 

   C                                      D
So grab your black umbrella and make your way down to the graveyard 
             G                                  Em
Where you'll find the tree to which I tied this rope 
    C                                  D
And nothing is for certain, that's the only thing I know 
        G                                Em
But I'm certain that it's time for me to go 
                Am               D
It's nothing personal, it simply hurts to know 
               G
That I will be alone