[Intro]

    
   

[Verse 1]
             
I grew up pret

              
endin' sticks 

              
were little gu

   
ns
             
I would point 

              
'em at my dad,

              
 and he'd get 


mad
              
'Cause God for

             
bid I hurt som

     
eone
              
I'd hurt anyon

          
e I could
            
Anyone who got

              
 too close, an

  
d anyone who w

ouldn't look
             
I was born int

              
o a one-hundre

             
d-year storm
        
Foot of ice ac

ross Vermont
            
And in that da

              
rk, and in tha

             
t frost, a hea

       
rt was formed
              
Malcontented a

     
nd unwarm
            
You were unsus

              
pectin', not u

 
nwarned

[Chorus]
             
 That I'm the 

             
trouble ahead,

            
 that I scream

       
 in my sleep
             
 You're puttin

             
' money on red

             
, I'm a sure b

             
et at a losin'

        
 streak
             
 I keep showin

           
' you doors, b

              
ut you can't o

         
pen them up
             
 'Cause it gеt

             
s harder to se

            
e me the closе

r you try to l

ook

[Post-Chorus]
            
I just live he

              
re, babe, but 

             
you're the one

              
 who decided t

 
o knock
    
You knocked

[Verse 2]
             
Have you ever 

              
stared directl

           
y at the sun?
             
Have you ever 

              
shared some cl

              
oseness, so ex


posed
             
To have it spi

              
t back by some


one?
              
So, forgive me

      
 if I jump
         
At the rattle 

of your keys
              
"Oh, are you l

             
eavin'?," "No,

              
 babe, I'm jus

             
t wakin' up"
        
And now what?
            
I'm left stari

              
n' at the ceil

             
in', listin' r

easons you sho

uld pack all y

our shit up

[Chorus]
             
 That I'm the 

             
trouble ahead,

            
 that I scream

       
 in my sleep
             
 You're puttin

             
' money on red

             
, I'm a sure b

             
et at a losin'

        
 streak
             
 I keep showin

           
' you doors, b

              
ut you can't o

         
pen them up
             
 'Cause it gеt

             
s harder to se

            
e me the closе

r you try to l

ook

[Post-Chorus]
            
I just live he

              
re, babe, but 

             
you're the one

              
 who decided t

 
o knock
    
You knocked

[Solo]
   
   


[Bridge]
              
I'll be gone s

              
o long before 

          
the anger come

s
             
I'll be only w

              
hat you've kno

              
wn of me 'til 


now
          
Oh, how I hope

 you're moving

 on

[Chorus]
             
 That I'm the 

             
trouble ahead,

            
 that I scream

       
 in my sleep
             
 You're puttin

             
' money on red

             
, I'm a sure b

             
et at a losin'

        
 streak
             
 I keep showin

           
' you doors, b

              
ut you can't o

         
pen them up
             
 'Cause it gеt

             
s harder to se

            
e me the closе

r you try to l

ook

[Post-Chorus]
            
I just live he

              
re, babe, but 

           
you're the one
            
I just live he

              
re, babe, but 

           
you're the one
            
I just live he

              
re, babe, but 

           
you're the one