Hate Me by Blue October

Standard Tuning


{Verse 1} 
 
I have to bloc

k out thoughts

 of you so I d

on’t lose my h

ead  
       
They crawl in 

like a cockroa

ch leaving bab

ies in my bed 
          
Dropping littl

e reels of tap

e to remind me

 that I’m alon

e 
         
Playing movies

 in my head th

at make a porn

o feel like ho

me  
           
There's a burn

ing in my prid

e, a nervous b

leeding in my 

brain 
            
An ounce of pe

  
ace is all I w

ant for you; w

ill you never 

call again? 
             
And will you n

 
ever say that 

you love me ju

st to put it i

n my face?
             
And will you n

 
ever try to re

ach me; It is 

I that wanted 

space  


{Chorus}
              
Hate me today 

  
 
         
Hate me tomorr

ow  
             
Hate me for al

              
l the things I

             
 didn't do for

   
 you  
             
Hate me in way

s  
              
Yeah ways hard

     
 to swallow  
             
Hate me so you

              
 can finally s

             
ee what's good

     
 for you      

 
 
 
{Verse 2} 
      
I’m sober now 

for 3 whole mo

nths it’s one 

accomplishment

 that you help

ed me with 
          
The one thing 

that always to

re us apart is

 the one thing

 I won’t touch

 again  
       
In my sick way

 I want to tha

nk you for hol

ding my head u

p late at nigh

t  
             
While I was bu

 
sy waging wars

 on myself, yo

u were trying 

to stop the fi

ght  
            
You never doub

ted my warped 

opinions on th

ings like suic

idal hate  
            
You made me co

 
mpliment mysel

f when it was 

way too hard t

o take  
         
So I’ll drive 

so fucking far

 away that I n

ever cross you

r mind  
     
And do whateve

r it takes in 

your heart to 

leave me behin

d  


{Chorus}
              
Hate me today 

  
 
         
Hate me tomorr

ow  
             
Hate me for al

              
l the things I

             
 didn't do for

 
 you  
            
Hate me in way

s  
              
Yeah ways hard

     
 to swallow  
             
Hate me so you

             
 can finally s

              
ee what's good

      
 for you      

 
 

{Bridge} 
             
And with a sad

            
 heart I say b

              
ye to you and 

  
wave  
             
Kicking shadow

              
s on the stree

             
t for every mi

 
stake that I h

ad made  
           
And like a bab

              
y boy I never 

   
was a man  
             
Until I saw yo

              
ur blue eyes c

              
ry and I held 

       
your face in m

y hand 
            
And then I fel

             
l down yelling

              
 ‘Make it go a

  
way!’
             
Just make a sm

              
ile come back 

              
and shine just

    
 like it used 

to be  
             
And then she w

            
hispered ‘How 

              
can you do thi

       
s to me?’ 
 

{Chorus}
              
Hate me today 

    
 
           
Hate me tomorr

ow  
             
Hate me for al

              
l the things I

             
 didn't do for

  
 you  
             
Hate me in way

s  
              
Yeah ways hard

     
 to swallow  
             
Hate me so you

             
 can finally s

              
ee what's good

       
 for you      

 

For you 
        
For you
  
For you 
 
 
Note: In some versions of this song the first Chorus uses only the first 3 lines.