Epilogue - The Antlers
By: Joe Weitzel
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Intro
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Em Bm Am C Bm Am C D
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Verse 1
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G Bm C G F#
In a nightmare, I am falling from the ceiling into bed beside you.
Em Am C D
You're asleep, I'm screaming, shoving you to try to wake you up.
G Bm C G
And like before, you've got no interest in the life you live when you're
F#
awake.
Em Am C D
Your dreams still follow storylines, like fictions you would make.
G Bm C G F#
So I lie down against your back, until we're both back in the hospital.
Em Am C D
But now it's not a cancer ward, we're sleeping in the morgue.
G Bm C G F#
Men and women in blue and white, they are singing all around you,
Em Am C D
With heavy shovels holding earth, you're being buried to you neck.
G Bm C G F#
In that hospital bed, being buried quite alive now.
Em Am C D
I'm trying to dig you out but all you want is to be buried there together.
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Chorus
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Am
You're screaming,
G
and cursing,
Am
and angry,
G
and hurting me,
Am
and then smiling,
G
and crying,
D
apologizing.
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Verse 2
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G Bm C G F#
I've woken up, I'm in our bed, but there's no breathing body there beside me.
Em Am C D
Someone must have taken you while I was stuck asleep.
G Bm C G F#
But I know better as my eyes adjust, you've been gone for quite awhile now,
Em Am C D
And I don't work there in the hospital, they had to let me go.
G Bm C G F#
When I try to move my arms sometimes, they weigh too much to lift.
Em Am C D
I think you buried me awake, my one and only parting gift.
G Bm C G F#
But you return to me at night, just when I think I may have fallen asleep.
Em Am C D
Your face is up against mine, and I'm too terrified to speak.
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( Chorus 3x )
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