Epilogue
The AntlersVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
In a nightmare, I am falling from the ceiling into bed beside you.
You're asleep, I'm screaming, shoving you to try to wake you up.
And like before, you've got no interest in the life you live when you're
awake.
Your dreams still follow storylines, like fictions you would make.
So I lie down against your back, until we're both back in the hospital.
But now it's not a cancer ward, we're sleeping in the morgue.
Men and women in blue and white, they are singing all around you,
With heavy shovels holding earth, you're being buried to you neck.
In that hospital bed, being buried quite alive now.
I'm trying to dig you out but all you want is to be buried there together.
You're screaming,
and cursing,
and angry,
and hurting me,
and then smiling,
and crying,
apologizing.
I've woken up, I'm in our bed, but there's no breathing body there beside me.
Someone must have taken you while I was stuck asleep.
But I know better as my eyes adjust, you've been gone for quite awhile now,
And I don't work there in the hospital, they had to let me go.
When I try to move my arms sometimes, they weigh too much to lift.
I think you buried me awake, my one and only parting gift.
But you return to me at night, just when I think I may have fallen asleep.
Your face is up against mine, and I'm too terrified to speak.
( Chorus 3x )
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Readable chord sheet for Epilogue by The Antlers
[Em] [Bm] [Am] [C] [Bm] [Am] [C] [D] In a [G]nightmare, I am [Bm]falling from the [C]ceiling into [G]bed besi[F#]de you. You're a[Em]sleep, I'm screaming, [Am]shoving you to [C]try to wake you [D]up. And like [G]before, you've got no [Bm]interest in the [C]life you live when [G]you're [F#]awake. Your [Em]dreams still follow [Am]storylines, like [C]fictions you would make.[D] So I lie [G]down against your [Bm]back, until we're [C]both back in the [G]hospital[F#]. But [Em]now it's not a [Am]cancer ward, we're [C]sleeping in the morgue[D]. Men and [G]women in blue and [Bm]white, they are [C]singing all [G]around you[F#], With heavy [Em]shovels holding [Am]earth, you're being [C]buried to you [D]neck. In that [G]hospital [Bm]bed, being [C]buried quite [G]alive now. [F#] I'm trying to [Em]dig you out but [Am]all you want is to be [C]buried there [D]together. You're [Am]screaming, and [G]cursing, and [Am]angry, and [G]hurting me, and then [Am]smiling, and [G]crying, a[D]pologizing. I've woken [G]up, I'm in our [Bm]bed, but there's no [C]breathing body [G]there [F#]beside me. [Em]Someone must have [Am]taken you while [C]I was stuck asleep[D]. But I know [G]better as my [Bm]eyes adjust, you've been [C]gone for quite [G]awhile now[F#], And I don't work [Em]there in the [Am]hospital, they [C]had to let me go[D]. When I [G]try to move my [Bm]arms sometimes, they [C]weigh too much to [G]lift. [F#] I think you [Em]buried me a[Am]wake, my one and [C]only parting [D]gift. But you [G]return to me at [Bm]night, just when I [C]think I may have [G]fallen [F#]asleep. Your [Em]face is up [Am]against mine, and I'm too [C]terrified to [D]speak. ( Chorus 3x )