Fingertips Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]When I look back,
[F#m]tracing fingertips over plastic [G]bags
[F#m]Thinking, "I wish I could [D]extra
[C#m]polate some small inten[F#m]tion
Or [C#m]maybe get your at[F#m]tention
for a [D]minute or [E]two"
[G]Will

[Verse 2]
I die? Or will [A]I get
to that ten- [F#m]year mark?
Where I [G]beat the extinction
[F#m]of telom[Em]eres?
And if I do, will you be there with me,
Father, Sis[F#]ter, Brother?
[G]Charlie,

[Verse 3]
stop smoking, Caroline,
will you be [A]with me?
Will the baby be alright? Will I
[G]have one of [A]mine?
[G]Can I handle it even if I do?
You said [A]that my mind
It's not fit, or so they said, to carry [G]a child,
[F#m]I guess I'll b[Bm]e fine
[Asus4]

[Verse 4]
It wasn't my [G]idea,
the cocktail of things that twist [Em]neurons inside
But without them, I'd [A]die
[Asus4]They say there's irony [F#]in the music,
it's a tragedy, [G]I
See [Em]nothing [A]Greek in it
Give me a mausoleum in Rhode Island with Dad, Grandma,
Grandpa
And [F#]Dave, who hung himself
real [G]high
In the National [A]Park sky,
it's a shame, and I'm crying [Bbdim]right now
To [F#]get

[Verse 5]
[Bm]to you, save you, if I take my [F#]life
Find your astral [G]body,
put it [A]into [Bbdim]my eyes
Give you two [F#]seconds to [G]cry
Take you home, [A]I, I'll give you a blanket
Your spirit can sit and watch TV
[Bbdim]by my side[F#][Bm]
'Cause, baby, [E]I r[A]an through a
time when I felt you were [F#]doing it
I [G]couldn't handle

[Verse 6]
it, I was
in [Em]Mon aco
[G]I couldn't hear what they
[Em]said on the telephone
[A]I had to sing for the prince
in two [Asus4]hours
[A]Sat in the shower
Gave my[F#]self two seconds
[Em]to cry
It's a shame that we [A]die

[Verse 7]
When I was 15, naked, next- door neighbors did
a drive- [D]by
Pulled me up by my waist,
[G]long hair to [D]the beach side
I wanted [F#]to go [D]out like you,
swim with the fishes
[F#]That he caug[Bbdim]ht on Rhod[A]e Island
beaches
But, sometimes, it's [F#]just not [G]your time
[Em]Car [A]oline,

[Verse 8]
what kind of mother [Bm]was
[A]she to say I'd end up in institution[F#]s?
All [G]I wanted to do was kiss Aaron
[A]Greene and sit [D]by the lake
[Bm]Twisting [G]lime into the drink
[Bm]s that the[A]y made
Have a babe at 16, the town
I was [F#]born in, and [G]die
Aaron [Bm]ended up

[Verse 9]
[A]dead and not me
What the fuck's wrong in your head to
[D]send me away [G]never [D]to come back?
Exot[Bm]ic places [A]and people don't take
the place [F#]of b[G]eing your child
I give [Gm]myself two [G]seconds to [D]cry
Let it [Bm]crash over [A]me
like the waves in the sea
Call me [F#]"Aphrodite"[G]
as they bow [Bm]down [A]to me[Em]
Sun[F#]bather, moon chaser,

[Verse 10]
[G]
queen of [A]em pathy
I give myself two [F#]seconds [G]to breathe
And go back to being a serene [A]queen
I just needed two seconds [F#]to be me[G]