[Intro]
         x2

[Verse]

It’s freezing 

cold and it’s 

getting dark
      
It’s a long cr

awl through th

e front yard
         
From the front

 door to my ol

d car
           
When I get the

          
re I bet it wo

n’t start

        
And I’m feelin

g old, too old

 for this
         
I thought we’d

 outgrown this

 kind of shit
          
The crying and

 the screaming
           
And the long, 

           
sickening sile

nces



[Pre Chorus]
            
We were just k

            
ids when we fi

rst met
              
And we’ve just

           
 been kidding 

             
ourselves sinc

   
e then


[Chorus]
              
Because when i

             
t isn’t meant 

   
to be
             
You’ve gotta f

#            
orce that fuck

   
er violently
             
In love and Go

              
d and happy th

              
oughts you got

            
ta pretend to 

  
believe
             
And if it were

       
 up to me
           
I’d be someone

        
 else entirely
              
But if you’re 

             
dwelling on th

  
e past
              
You’re better 

            
off losing you

      
r memory

           x2

[Verse]
             
When I dream a

       
bout our dream

 house
           
I’m on the fro

nt porch by my

self
         
And I try the 

door but I’m l

ocked out
           
There’s a stra

            
nger living wi

   
th you now
      
And I wake up 

in a cold swea

t
      
On a cold couc

h or an empty 

bed
      
Or in a coffin

 with a closed

 lid
           
Drawing flies 

             
while you’re p

#           
ainting the to

wn red



[Pre Chorus]        
            
We were just k

            
ids when we fi

rst met
              
And we’ve just

           
 been kidding 

             
ourselves sinc

   
e then


[Chorus]
              
Because when i

             
t isn’t meant 

   
to be
             
You’ve gotta f

#            
orce that fuck

   
er violently
             
In love and Go

              
d and happy th

              
oughts you got

            
ta pretend to 

  
believe
             
And if it were

       
 up to me
           
You'd be someo

        
ne else entire

ly
              
But if you’re 

             
dwelling on th

  
e past
              
You’re better 

            
off losing you

      
r memory


[Verse]
           
And I talk to 

              
you like your 

             
father talks t

       
o your mother
            
And just like 

              
them it’s hard

           
 to understand

         
 what we ever 

saw in each ot

her
           
And you look a

              
nd me like my 

             
mother looks a

     
t my father
            
With a mix of 

            
disdain and re

             
gret as you st

        
rain to rememb

er why you eve

r bothered


             
But I’ve got h

alf a mind
       
To half-hearte

dly apologize
         
Because there’

s part of me

That wants to try to make it right
              
But it’s been 

        
wrong so long
       
It’s a losing 

fight
   
So take me at 

my word, for w

hat little bit

 that’s worth

And we can go our separate ways
           
Yeah you go to

            
 hell and I’ll


 go to waste

         

[Outro]
            
And if I were 

           
the last man o

  
n Earth
              
You’d still be

           
 better off al

 
one
            
Because nuclea

              
r winter ain’t

            
 nothing
            
Compared to an

#             
other winter i

      
n this home