Em
Maybe I could swin into your thoughts like your drugs do.
Em
Paralyze your body, sick and tired of waking up to
C
burning eyes and cigarettes. I'm falling through the couch like a 
C
suicide mission tonight. My God here comes the downside.
Em 
Wild eyes of terror pray for sex on the beach while
C                       G
oceans of kerosene will soak into me. I'm 
G                C                                 Em
not meant for this world, I just don't see the point.
G                    C
Don't think about it. Don't over think about it.  
Em             C                     G            C
And life is a joke, but everything's riding on me tonight.
                  D
Been counting the stars and scars. 
           C               D
How I'm becoming a work of art.


[Chorus]

          G         D         C        D
Desperate times and desperate measures.
          G          C        D              C
I come so close, my hopes are severed by the downside. 
Em        G            C     Em       C       G           D
A million waves in the ocean crash at once to make you smile.


[Verse 2]

Em            G           C
The whispered words, "You better hide the bullets". You stayed on the phone and talked to me.
Am                                         G
Day and night. Trigger my nightmare once again.
                       Em                      G    C    G
It's fucking loaded in hand. And we'll let the fire rage. 
                  Em  G    Am
The smoke and the drowning flames. 
   G                                  G
My bedroom computer light is the only menace to my new faux wooden blinds. 


[Chorus]

          G         D         C        D
Desperate times and desperate measures.
          G          C        D              C
I come so close, my hopes are severed by the downside. 
Em        G            C     Em       C       G           D
A million waves in the ocean crash at once to make you smile.


[Bridge]

Em         G                       D
Now I only pray when it all goes down, 
           C               G            Am                D              Em
I'll be surrounded by all of the ones I loved and cared about, and then burn it down. 


[Breakdown] 

Em G Am (x8)


[Verse 3]

Em            G                    C                  D
And life is a joke, at least I can love you naked and tatooed.
             D
Counting the stars and scars. 
           C                      Am  
And if the pain is a sound, let's slow it down. 


[Chorus]

          G         D         C        D
Desperate times and desperate measures.
          G          C        D              C
I come so close, my hopes are severed by the downside. 
Em        G            C     Em       C       G           D
A million waves in the ocean crash at once to make you smile.


[Bridge]

Em         G                       D
Now I only pray when it all goes down, 
           C               G            Am                D              Em
I'll be surrounded by all of the ones I loved and cared about, and then burn it down. 


[Outro]

(two single strums)

Em D G Am D (x2)

Em               D
Your serotonin's gone.
G               Am  D
The kerosene is gone.
Em            D
The sunset is gone. 
G           Am D
So, hold on.