IntroEBAF#EBAF#Verse 1EA
I woke up bleeding in the crotch of a tree
EA
TV blaring on the wall above the coffee machine
EA
Car wash waiting room outside Pasadena
AB
I'm sitting waiting for my deus ex machina
EA
And I'm forever changed by this chemical burn
EA
Skin on my fingers peeling, making way for my new form
EA
I grip the steering wheel and picture my angel
AB
Climbing out the hospital window
Leaving tubes in a tangle
EBAF#EBAF#Verse 2EA
Blood on my angel's lips blends in with his makeup
EA
He's off the premises before his brain's had time to wake up
EA
Peeling off bandages to unfold his wings
EA
The doctors said they'd have to stay on for another three weeks
EA
Fuck it baby, let 'em bruise, let 'em break
AB
But bleed, let 'em bleed
[Drum Break]
N.C.
Verse 3EBAF#
And I'm doing ninety, gotta get there and hold him
EBAF#
If we can make it across the state line then baby, we're golden
EBAF#
Let the law pronounce its petty assertions
AB
They've been outsmarted by a couple of urchins
F#m
And they hurt you bad, man
G#m
They hurt me too
AB
But I'm not about to sit here and watch as they
ChorusEB
Suck the blood from my wound
AF#EB
They suck the blood from my wound
AF#E
Suck the blood from my wound
AF#EB
Suck the blood from my wound
[Post-ChorusE
Ohh man
Verse 4EA
Wrap half the money in your hospital garment
EA
We'll stash the rest inside the red Camaro's secret compartment
EA
Even the deepest wounds will heal over time
EA
I'll run my fingers over your scars and yours over mine
EA
They'll never find us if we turn off our phones
EA
We're off the grid, we're off our meds we're finally out on our own
EA
Now I see color coming back in your cheeks
ABEBA
Angel, don't fight it, to them you know we'll always be freaks
F#EBA
To them we'll always be freaks
F#
We'll always
EBAF#EBAF#Verse 5]
EA
Park for the night northwest of Baton Rouge
EA
Across the parking lot you're stretching the one wing you can move
EA
I let you walk as long as fear will allow
AB
I've never loved you more than I love you now
EA
And then we're back on the road before the sun's even up
EA
We're making time, we're making progress but progress towards what?
EA
Your fallen feathers fill up two shopping bags
AB
The future's breathing down the neck of the past
F#mG#m
And the sun throws a shit-eating shine on the moon
AB
And I'm not about to wait for them to come
ChorusE
Suck the blood from my wound
N.C.
Suck the blood from my wound
N.C. EB
Suck the blood from my wound
AF#EBAF#
Suck the blood from my wound
EBAF#Outro
N.C.
A plague on both your houses
N.C.
A plague on both your houses
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