This is for 

             
the lions, liv

           
ing in the wir

              
y broke down f

             
rames of my fr

              
iends' bodies
              
When the flood

             
water comes it

              
 ain't gonna b

           
e clear, it's 

              
gonna look lik

   
e mud

          
But I will hel

              
p you swim,
          
I will help yo

           
u swim I'm gon

            
na help you sw

im

             
  This is for 

             
the snakes and

              
 the people th

           
ey bite, for t

              
he friends I'v

     
e made,
              
For the sleepl

             
ess nights, fo

              
r the warning 

             
signs I've com

         
pletely ignore

d
              
There's an amo

        
unt to take,
              
Reasons to tak

       
e more
             
It's no big su

          
rprise you tur

             
ned out this w

#
ay
             
When they clos

           
ed their eyes 

             
and prayed you

        
 would change
             
And they cut y

           
our hair and s

        
ent you away
             
You stopped by

           
 my house the 

          
night you esca

ped
             
With tears in 

          
my eyes I begg

          
ed you to stay
             
You said "Hey 

           
man, I love yo

             
u but no fucki

    
n' way"

             
I'm sure that 

           
we could find 

              
something for 

             
you to do onst


age
             
Maybe shake a 

           
tambourine or 

              
when I sing, y

             
ou sing harmon

 
ies

             
   This is for

             
 the lake that

              
 me and my fri

           
ends swim in, 

          
naked and dumb
              
On a drunken n

             
ight, and it s

              
hould've felt 

             
good but I can

         
 hear the Jaws

 theme song
      
On repeat in t

he back of my 

mind

           
Make sure you 

          
kiss your knuc

             
kles before yo

          
u punch me in 

     
the face
             
There are less

            
ons to be lear

         
ned, consequen

             
ces for all th

          
e stupid thing

    
s I say

             
And It's no bi

           
g surprise you

             
 turned out th

    
is way
             
The spark in y

           
our eyes, the 

             
look on your f


ace
I will not remain

             
I'm sure that 

           
we could find 

              
something for 

             
you to do onst


age
             
Maybe shake a 

           
tambourine or 

              
when I sing, y

             
ou sing harmon

 
ies
             
I wanna contri

             
bute, to the c

#
haos
             
I don't wanna 

           
watch and then

 complain
             
Cause I am thr

             
ough finding w

#
ays
             
That is a deci

              
sion that I ha

    
ve made

(Lead guitar solo)
             
She hopes I'm 

cursed forever
            
To sleep on a 

             
twin size matt

    
ress
         
In somebody's 

attic or basem

ent
           
My whole life


             
Never graduati

            
ng up in size
           
To add another
        
And my nightma

res
            
Will have nigh


tmares

Every night