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Real Death

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Death is Creal. 
Someone’s Gthere and then they’re not 
and it’s not for sFinging about. 
It’s not for Gmaking into art. 
When rF9eal death Fenters the house 
all Empoetry is dumb. 
When F9I wFalk iGn 
to the Croom wGhere you Amwere 
and Flook Ginto 
the CemptC/Biness Finstead 
all fGails. 
My kFnees fail. 
My bAmrain fails. 
WorCds fail. 
GCrusted with tears, catatonic and raw, 
I Fgo downstairs and outside and you still get Ammail. 
A Cweek after you dieC/Bd a package with your nAmame on it came 
and Ginside was a gift foFr our daughter you had Gordered in secret 
and Ccollapsed there on the Gfront steps I Amwailed. G  
A bFackpack for when she Egoes to school a coA5uple years from now. 
You were tBmhinking ahead to a Cfuture you must have Gknown deep down would Amnot include you 
though you Gclawed at the cliff you werFe sliding down, being Gswallowed into a 
Csilence that is Gbottomless and rAmeal. Am/G  
It’s Gdumb 
and I don’t want to leFarn anything from this. 
I lovAme you.

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Real Death

by Mount Eerie

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C/B

Am/G

Death is real.

Someone’s there and then they’re not

and it’s not for singing about.

It’s not for making into art.

F9 F

When real death enters the house

all poetry is dumb.

F9 F G

When I walk in

C G Am

to the room where you were

F G

and look into

C C/B F

the emptiness instead

all fails.

My knees fail.

My brain fails.

Words fail.

Crusted with tears, catatonic and raw,

F Am

I go downstairs and outside and you still get mail.

C C/B Am

A week after you died a package with your name on it came

G F G

and inside was a gift for our daughter you had ordered in secret

C G Am G

and collapsed there on the front steps I wailed.

F E A5

A backpack for when she goes to school a couple years from now.

Bm C G Am

You were thinking ahead to a future you must have known deep down would not include you

G F G

though you clawed at the cliff you were sliding down, being swallowed into a

C G Am Am/G

silence that is bottomless and real.

It’s dumb

and I don’t want to learn anything from this.

I love you.

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