Capo on 4th fret

[Intro]


[Verse]
             
This is for th

            
e lions living

             
 in the wiry b

              
roke down fram

   
es of my frien

ds’ bodies
             
When the flood

            
water comes, i

              
t ain’t gonna 

             
be clear, it’s

              
 gonna look li

  
ke mud
           
But I will hel

           
p you swim,   

           
    I will hel

            
p you swim, I’

         
m gonna help y

ou swim

[Instrumental]


[Verse]
             
This is for th

            
e snakes and t

              
he people they

  
 bite
              
For the friend

             
s I’ve made, f

              
or the sleeple

     
ss nights
              
For the warnin

            
g signs I’ve c

            
ompletely igno

red
              
There’s an amo

             
unt to take, r

              
easons to take

  
 more

[Pre-Chorus]
           
It’s no big su

           
rprise you tur

             
ned out this w


ay
             
When they clos

            
e their eyes a

             
nd prayed you'

   
d change
             
They cut your 

           
hair, and sent

      
 you away
             
You stopped by

            
 my house the 

           
night you esca

ped
             
With tears in 

           
my eyes, I beg

            
ged you to sta

y
             
You said “Hey 

            
man, I love yo

             
u, but no fuck

     
ing way”

[Chorus]
              
I’m sure we co

            
uld find somet

             
hing for you t

          
o do on stage
             
Maybe shake a 

            
tambourine, or

              
 when I sing, 

 
you sing harmo

nies

[Instrumental]
    (x2)


[Verse]
             
This is for th

            
e lake that me

             
 and my friend

             
s swim in, nak

             
ed and dumb on

           
 a drunken nig

ht
             
And it shoulda

            
 felt good, bu

              
t I could hear

            
 the Jaws them

             
e song on repe

at in the back

 of my mind

[Pre-Chorus]
            
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 is no b

            
ig surprise yo

              
u turned out t

    
his way
              
The spark in y

            
our eyes, the 

              
look on your f


ace, I will no

t be brave

[Chorus]
             
I’m sure we co

            
uld find somet

              
hing for you t

     
o do on stage
            
Maybe shake a 

              
tambourine, or

            
 when I sing, 


you sing harmo

nies

[Bridge 1]
            
I wanna contri

            
bute to the ch

              
aos, I don’t w


anna watch and

 then complain
            
‘Cause I am th

              
rough finding 

            
blame. That is

     
 the decision 

that I have ma

de

[Instrumental] 
    (x6)

[Bridge 2]
             
She hopes I’m 

           
cursed forever

              
 to sleep on a

 
 twin sized ma

ttress
            
In somebody’s 

             
attic or basem

       
ent my whole l

ife
            
Never graduati

             
ng up in size 

       
to add another
            
And my nightma

              
res will have 

             
nightmares eve

   
ry night, oh e

very night, ev

ery night

[Outro]
    (x6)