[Intro] 
    x3
    


[Verse]

I’m looking fo

r the upsides
             
to these panic

                 
-attack nights
              
where I’m stay

              
ing in eating 

             
take-out food 

    
by TV light
             
I’m trying to 

             
play the b-sid

              
e to this awkw

             
ard life of mi

ne
              
You could flip

              
 me over I’d s

           
ing a few line

s about how


[Pre Chorus]
             
I’m so used to

              
 shooting myse

            
lf in the knee

caps
              
standing in th

             
e way of progr

              
ess or letting

           
 down my frien

ds


[Chorus]
     
I’m nailing sh

ards of hope t

ogether
             
to put somethi

     
ng over my hea

d
            
because you kn

              
ow here it’s a

        
lways raining
             
and it happene

              
d again. It ha

 
ppened again
             
She said, “I l

et this slide 

when we were y

ounger
             
You know you d

              
on’t have to w


rite like this
            
The whole worl

         
d’s full of lo

sers
             
If you get a c

          
hance to win, 

take it”


 [Interlude]
    x3
    


[Verse]
             
I stood on the

              
 roof with Mat

      
t and Molly
              
Watched the gr

              
ay slide off t

    
he city
              
because it’s f

         
inally spring
             
We rode our bi

             
kes over to 6t

h Street
              
to Washington 

             
Square Park to

             
 see if the ti

             
des would turn

         
 for me


[Chorus]
     
I’m nailing sh

ards of hope t

ogether
             
to put somethi

     
ng over my hea

d
            
because you kn

              
ow here it’s a

        
lways raining
             
and it happene

              
d again. It ha

 
ppened again
             
She said, “I l

et this slide 

when we were y

ounger
             
You know you d

              
on’t have to w


rite like this
            
The whole worl

         
d’s full of lo

sers
             
If you get a c

          
hance to win, 

take it”


[Outro]
   

             
I left a lot o

              
f blood in Cal


ifornia
        
on our first t

rip out west
           
I was younger 

      
and restless b

ack then
             
and I thought,

              
 if no one’s i

      
n my corner
        
since everyone

 left
           
I’d better mak

      
e it worth it
  
I left a lot o

f blood in Cal

ifornia on our

 first trip ou

t west
             
I was younger 

      
and restless b

ack then and I

 thought, 

if no one’s in

 my corner sin

ce everyone le

ft
             
I’d better mak

      
e it worth it
   
I left a lot o

f blood in Cal

ifornia on our

 first trip ou

t west
N.C.
I was younger and restless back then