The Abliss

Am                                       F
Too many friends are asleep inside pine boxes
                      C
Suicide by abuse of a toxins
                         G
Cause it’s easier to run away
                                             Am
Then to deal with the bullshit of the day to day
                              F
And I really can’t blame you
                                       C
Most days it’s hard to find a scrap of hope
                                 G
Should’ve been there to help you cope, but I was locked up in the brig of the same damn boat


[Chorus]
Am
Why should I sugarcoat it
F
We’re all gonna die
C
If we escape the coarse easily coerced
G
I guarantee next time
Am                                     F
I see you you’ll be strapped down to a bed
                      C
All cloaked in white
                            G
Rotting from the inside out beneath fluorescent lights

    Am      F       C           G            Am
So, for the love of god do as I say not as I do
          F          G
I may not care about myself, but I care about you
Am       F                   C
Kid I’ve been there and I’ve done that
         G               Am
It ain’t pretty it ain’t worth it
                 F          G
So trust me stay the fuck away and you’ll be o-kay


[Instrumental]
Am F C G x2


[Verse 2]
Am                                F
These lives are only ours to live
                                    C
These sins are just ours to forgive

This stigma might wear thin
G
A life in pain, a love in vain

The veins & skin all weathered from a pin
Am
You never felt desire, might cast your soul on fire
F
You can’t understand their fear, ____ you refuse see them clearer
C
Victims of this crooked game, (all) trapped inside a world insane,
G
You cast aside, mere shadows in a funhouse mirror


[Chorus]
Am
Why should I sugarcoat it
F
We’re all gonna die
C
If we escape the coarse easily coerced
G
I guarantee next time
Am                                     F
I see you you’ll be strapped down to a bed
                      C
All cloaked in white
                            G
Rotting from the inside out beneath fluorescent lights

    Am      F       C           G            Am
So, for the love of god do as I say not as I do
          F          G
I may not care about myself, but I care about you
Am       F                   C
Kid I’ve been there and I’ve done that
         G               Am
It ain’t pretty it ain’t worth it
                 F          G
So trust me stay the fuck away

And you’ll be o-kay


[Instrumental]
Am F C G (x4)

(Strumming changes)

Am F C G (x2)


[Bridge]
Am                   F
Life’s a minefield a treacherous road
        C                           G
Call me selfish but I don’t want to travel it alone
Am                      F
So burn the crutches and mend the bones
      C                       G
Cause we’ve still got so many miles to go


[Verse 3]
Am         F
Stay awake stay alive
C
we've been building our demons
            G
through the comfort of lies
Am
with injections and bottles
F
we poison the mind
C
but don't crumble beneath
G
stay awake stay alive

Am                   F
Life’s a minefield a treacherous road
        C                           G
Call me selfish but I don’t want to travel it alone
Am                      F
So burn the crutches and mend the bones
      C                       G
Cause we’ve still got so many miles to go

Am         F
Stay awake stay alive
C                  G
think of all of us here left behind
Am
I know it's painful
     F
the sickness contrived
            C
but you're stronger than you know
   G
so put up a fight​