In Framing

Here's what the chords look like:
  D   D/B  D/C#         G       D/F#
E|--------------------------------
B|-3----3----3-----------3--------
G|-2----2----2-----------0--------
D|-0----x----x-----------0--------
A|------2----4-----------x--------
E|-----------------------3--------
E|---------| 
B|3--------| 
G|2--------| 
D|0--------| 
A|x--------| 
E|2--------| 


Intro:

D  D/B  D/C#         G         x2


    D  D/B  D/C#                 
You fell___ for the first option 
   G
presented of new
D  D/B  D/C#                    
re______birth. You couldn't see 
           G
it but you thought you'd believe it
           D                     
since your soles cramping up have 
      D/B
been swollen and sore.
     D/C#                          
Your new shoes back then just don't
 G
 fit anymore.
      D                          
You retraced the same shape, cut up 
D/B
and re-sewn,
     D/C#                     G
when you felt abandoned, when you 
felt alone.


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   D  D/B  D/C#                  
On New____ Years you resolved to 
          G
make your chaos external.
D         D/B            D/C#
Duress of sickening kinds. A half 
year blacked-out of my mind.
No string traced back to a 
      G
place-marker.
            D                      
Alleviate, erase failed attempts at
   D/B
 obstructing machines.
    D/C#                           
Got drained when the crutch became 
G
vampiracy.
        D                       
Bit off more than could chew and 
      D/B
then swallowed it whole.
  D/C#                       G
I choked on your temper when you 
felt alone.

G      D/F#

G              D/F#
The sirens cry loudly.
G                     D/F#
I am reflexive. I cry loudly.
G                      D/F#
You put my picture in framing.
G                     D/F#
Hung forever. Left me strangling.
           G
Called me 'baby'.

              D                  
And with your nature reversed and 
     D/B
our home as our cage,
    D/C#                        
you caved and you asked "is this 
 G
coming of age."
       D                           
As you climbed out the window, your
 D/B
 face cold as stone,
    D/C#                   G
you lifted the towel. Your wrist 
showed the bone.
          D                   D/B
I held my breath in the ER. I swayed
 as I stood.
  D/C#                    G
I tried to stay steady to protect 
you the best that I could.
       D                   D/B
You pretended to sleep the entire 
ride home
    D/C#                    G
but I heard you crying when you felt
 alone