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Intro:
    x2

Verse 1:
            
Written in the

              
se walls are t

              
he stories tha

             
t I can't expl


ain
            
I leave my hea

              
rt open but it

              
 stays right h

              
ere empty for 

  
days
            
She told me in

              
 the morning s

            
he don't feel 

              
the same about

             
 us in her bon


es
            
It seems to me

              
 that when I d

            
ie these words

              
 will be writt

           
en on my stone

Pre-chorus:
            
And I'll be go

          
ne gone tonigh

t
              
The ground ben

            
eath my feet i

         
s open wide
              
The way that I

            
 been holdin' 

         
on too tight
              
With nothing i

    
n between

Chorus:
     
The story of m

y life I take 

her home
            
I drive all ni

              
ght to keep he

             
r warm and tim


e
        
Is frooooozen 

the story of, 

the story of
   
The story of m

y life I give 

her hope
            
I spend her lo

              
ve until she's

               
 broke inside
              
The story of m

 
y life the sto

ry of, the sto

ry of

Verse 2:
            
Written on the

              
se walls are t

              
he colors that

         
 I can't chang

e
            
Leave my heart

              
 open but it s

              
tays right her

          
e in its cage
   
I know that in

 the morning
            
I'll see us in

              
 the light upo

         
n your ear
            
Although I am 

            
broken, my hea

              
rt is untamed 

   
still

Pre-chorus:
            
And I'll be go

          
ne gone tonigh

t
              
The fire benea

            
th my feet is 

         
burning bright
              
The way that I

            
 been holdin' 

        
on too tight
              
With nothing i

     
n between

Chorus:

The story of m

y life I take 

her home
            
I drive all ni

              
ght to keep he

             
r warm and tim


e
        
Is frooooozen 

the story of, 

the story of
    
The story of m

y life I give 

her hope
            
I spend her lo

              
ve until she's

               
 broke inside
              
The story of m

 
y life (the st

ory of, the st

ory of)

Bridge:
             
And I been wai

             
ting for this 

            
time to come a

 
round
            
But baby runni

              
ng after you i

            
s like chasing

      
 the clouds

Chorus:
   
The story of m

y life I take 

her home
            
I drive all ni

              
ght to keep he

             
r warm and tim


e
            
Is frooooozen

    

     
The story of m

y life I give 

her hope (I gi

ve her hope)
            
I spend her lo

              
ve until she's

               
 broke inside
              
The story of m

  
y life the sto

ry of, the sto

ry of