Epilogue by The Antlers
{title: Epilogue}
{artist: The Antlers}
{album: Hospice}
{year: 2009}
{start_of_bridge: Intro}
[Em] [Bm] [Am] [C]
[Bm] [Am] [C] [D]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
In a [G]nightmare, I am [Bm]falling
From the [C]ceiling into [G]bed be[G/F#]side you.
You're a[Em]sleep, I'm screaming,
[Am]Shoving you to [C]try to wake you up[D].
And like be[G]fore, you've got no [Bm]interest
In the [C]life you live when [G]you're a[G/F#]wake.
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[G/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 white[Bm],
They are [C]singing all ar[G]ound you,
With [G/F#]heavy [Em]shovels holding [Am]earth.
You're being [C]buried to your neck[D].
In that [G]hospital bed[Bm],
Being [C]buried quite a[G]live now.
I'm [G/F#]trying to [Em]dig you out but [Am]all you want
Is to be [C]buried there to[D]gether.
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus}
You're [Am]screaming,
And [G]cursing,
And [Am]angry,
And [G]hurting me,
And then [Am]smiling,
And [G]crying,
A[D]pologizing.
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{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
I've woken [G]up, I'm in our [Bm]bed,
But there's no [C]breathing body [G]there be[G/F#]side 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 a [G]while now,
And [G/F#]I don't [Em]work 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.
I [G/F#]think you [Em]buried me awake[Am],
My one and [C]only parting gift[D].
But you re[G]turn to me at [Bm]night,
Just when I [C]think I may have [G]fallen asleep[G/F#].
Your [Em]face is up a[Am]gainst mine,
And I'm too [C]terrified to speak[D].
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus}
You're [Am]screaming,
And [G]cursing,
And [Am]angry,
And [G]hurting me,
And then [Am]smiling,
And [G]crying,
A[D]pologizing.
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_bridge: Outro}
[C] [G] [C] [G] [D]
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