[Intro]

  
  

[Verse 1]
           
Only in madnes

 
s do you find 

beautiful deat

h
           
And only in sa

 
dness do you f

eel happy inst

ead


[Pre-Chorus]
            
Be careful wha

           
t you wish for

 'cause you do

n't know

The guilt I ca

rried this far

 all on my own
          
It's nothing y

ou wanna feel


[Chorus]
           
Don't wait for

              
 the dust to s

             
ettle, don't w

         
ait till it's 

not enough
           
Don't wait for

              
 the world to 

             
let go of the 

        
both of us
           
Don't wait for

              
 the dust to s

             
ettle, don't w

         
ait till you'v

e had enough
           
Don't wait for

              
 the world to 

             
let go or to g

        
ive you up


[Verse 2]
           
The silence is

 
 one thing tha

t I'll remembe

r you said
           
Well, it's bet

 
ter than nothi

ng when nothin

g's all that y

ou left


[Pre-Chorus]
            
Be careful wha

           
t you wish for

 'cause you do

n't know

The guilt I ca

rried this far

 all on my own
          
It's nothing y

ou wanna feel


[Chorus]
           
Don't wait for

              
 the dust to s

             
ettle, don't w

         
ait till it's 

not enough
           
Don't wait for

              
 the world to 

             
let go of the 

        
both of us
           
Don't wait for

              
 the dust to s

             
ettle, don't w

         
ait till you'v

e had enough
           
Don't wait for

              
 the world to 

             
let go or to g

        
ive you up


[Bridge]
            
If you need a 

             
place to hang 

            
your head, a s

houlder's bett

er than a knot
           
You'd be a bet

            
ter memory ali

ve rather than

 not
            
If you need a 

             
place to hang 

            
your head, a s

houlder's bett

er than a knot
           
You'd be a bet

             
ter memory if 

no one else fo

rgot

So let it go


[Chorus]
           
Don't wait for

              
 the dust to s

             
ettle, don't w

         
ait till it's 

not enough
           
Don't wait for

              
 the world to 

             
let go of the 

        
both of us
           
Don't wait for

              
 the dust to s

             
ettle, don't w

         
ait till you'v

e had enough
           
Don't wait for

              
 the world to 

             
let go or to g

        
ive you up


[Outro]
            
(If you need a

             
 place to hang

            
 your head, a 

shoulder's bet

ter than a kno

t)

I'm not giving up

           
(You'd be a be

            
tter memory al

ive rather tha

n not)

So don't you give up

            
(If you need a

             
 place to hang

            
 your head, a 

shoulder's bet

ter than a kno

t)

I'm not giving up

           
(You'd be a be

            
tter memory if

 no one else f

orgot)

So don't you give up