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AmLiving in the darkness
GI wear it like a crown
AmOh I've got tough skin
GReady for my bow
AmAll I've got is two hands
GI tied them in the middle
AmReady for the red tape
FOpen up my ribcage
AmI offer souvenirs
CA deaf tongue and blinded ears
EmCan you fill the shelves in here
FCome in, come in
FEveryCbody look aroAmundC  
FEveryCbody look aroAmundC  
FI don't know Chow to fill the AmspaceC  
The Ginvitations on the pagEme
Open up my ribcage
AmI want you want to want me like I'm all you got
Mama she see it but can't make me stop
Telling the truth it might mean you keep poking but that didn't hurt
That's my method of coping
DmDaughter sees him like that smoke in my lungs
AmWhat they project on me what I've become
Down on my knees, unsure what to say
No I never learned how to pray
AmDon't know know who I've been fooling 
but you've got me rCunning in circles I'm ruined
Let you Eminside, opened up all my wounds
Taken my Fribcage and ripped it in two
FEveryCbody look aroAmundC  
FEveryCbody look aroAmundC  
FI don't know Chow to fill the AmspaceC  
The Ginvitations on the pagEme
Open up my ribcage
AmTie it from my tendons
GWatch how they stretch
AmOh I've got the muscle
GLord I'm spent
AmKnocking down my sternum
GAgain, at a young age
AmToo much space between
FOpen up my ribcage
AmI offer souvenirs
CA deaf tongue and blinded ears
EmCan you fill the shelves in here
FCome in, come in
FEveryCbody look aroAmundC  
FEveryCbody look aroAmundC  
FI don't know Chow to fill the AmspaceC  
The Ginvitations on the pagEme
Open up my ribcage
AmThere's impenetrable silence inside of my head
There's nothing I can buy when I'm practically dead
I get so tired of writing everything I should have said
That maybe this time I'll put my pen down and just tell you instead
DmYou see I opened up my ribcage and violins flew out
AmThe organs softly played through my violin mouth
DmI got lights hotter than love hidden beneath my tongue
AmWritten on my skin
Tells me your the one
FEveryCbody look aroAmundC  
FEveryCbody look aroAmundC  
FI don't know Chow to fill the AmspaceC  
The Ginvitations on the pagEme
Open up my ribcage
Open up my ribcage
Open up my ribcage
Open up my ribcage

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Ribcage

by Mary Lambert

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Living in the darkness

I wear it like a crown

Oh I've got tough skin

Ready for my bow

All I've got is two hands

I tied them in the middle

Ready for the red tape

Open up my ribcage

I offer souvenirs

A deaf tongue and blinded ears

Can you fill the shelves in here

Come in, come in

F C Am C

Everybody look around

F C Am C

Everybody look around

F C Am C

I don't know how to fill the space

G Em

The invitations on the page

Open up my ribcage

I want you want to want me like I'm all you got

Mama she see it but can't make me stop

Telling the truth it might mean you keep poking but that didn't hurt

That's my method of coping

Daughter sees him like that smoke in my lungs

What they project on me what I've become

Down on my knees, unsure what to say

No I never learned how to pray

Don't know know who I've been fooling

but you've got me running in circles I'm ruined

Let you inside, opened up all my wounds

Taken my ribcage and ripped it in two

F C Am C

Everybody look around

F C Am C

Everybody look around

F C Am C

I don't know how to fill the space

G Em

The invitations on the page

Open up my ribcage

Tie it from my tendons

Watch how they stretch

Oh I've got the muscle

Lord I'm spent

Knocking down my sternum

Again, at a young age

Too much space between

Open up my ribcage

I offer souvenirs

A deaf tongue and blinded ears

Can you fill the shelves in here

Come in, come in

F C Am C

Everybody look around

F C Am C

Everybody look around

F C Am C

I don't know how to fill the space

G Em

The invitations on the page

Open up my ribcage

There's impenetrable silence inside of my head

There's nothing I can buy when I'm practically dead

I get so tired of writing everything I should have said

That maybe this time I'll put my pen down and just tell you instead

You see I opened up my ribcage and violins flew out

The organs softly played through my violin mouth

I got lights hotter than love hidden beneath my tongue

Written on my skin

Tells me your the one

F C Am C

Everybody look around

F C Am C

Everybody look around

F C Am C

I don't know how to fill the space

G Em

The invitations on the page

Open up my ribcage

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