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[Verse]
Spending GFriday night alone
I'm reading DCampus frat boy porn
Strewn on the Cadd9table
For my Groommate
When he Dfinally gets home
But just one Cadd9night ago, three Gflights ago
I'm Dback in Michigan
Another trCadd9ip I won't reGmember
Or appreciDate much when I'm dead
[Break]
Em(x2C)G  
[Verse]
And the Ghotel where I slept that night
Was Dsurely haunted, then
Because every Cadd9hour I woke up Cmaj7feeling
So watched and wantDed
And I think I reGmember that from when we met
Which Dfeels so insignificant
Or Cadd9maybe odd now to admit
It's Dall in retrospect
[Break]
Em(x2C)G  
[Verse]
And so I Gspent the winter C/Bbundled up
PreDtending I was sane and giving up
The Cadd9things I love the C/Bmost
Because they Dfelt like pain
And it's so Cadd9obvious
This C/Bjaded bunch
We Ddon't believe in ghosts and such
We Cadd9watch the hunt inC/Bcredulous
But Dcannot look away
[Chorus]
And you Emlooked at Gme
Like I was a Gpiece G/F#of meDat
So I was a Empiece of Cadd9meat
For a GtimG/F#eD  
[Verse]
But you Cadd9were a vegeC/Btarian, so I beDcame a vegetarian
Then when you Cadd9started eating C/Bmeat, I also Dstarted eating meat
And I Cadd9lied to all my C/Bfriends
Said I was Dhappy when I wasn't
And you Cadd9lied to all your C/Bselves
Said I could Dgive you what you wanted
But it Cadd9all feels so much C/Bbigger than some Dblame-filled lonely break up
like all our Cadd9narratives and C/Bmortality only Ddistill to
[Outro]
Oh my god, we're gonna EmdieCadd9  G  
We're gonna Emdie and maybe it's Cadd9gonna be Galone
We're gonna Emdie and maybe it's Cadd9gonna be alone and no Gone will find the things we left behindEm  Cadd9  G  
BeCadd9cause, DbeCadd9cause wDe
BeCadd9cause we never Dthought to leave a fucking Garchive

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Archive

by Mal Blum

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Chords in this song · guitar

Cadd9

Cmaj7

C/B

G/F#

[Verse]

Spending Friday night alone

I'm reading Campus frat boy porn

Cadd9

Strewn on the table

For my roommate

When he finally gets home

Cadd9 G

But just one night ago, three flights ago

I'm back in Michigan

Cadd9 G

Another trip I won't remember

Or appreciate much when I'm dead

[Break]

Em C G

(x2)

[Verse]

And the hotel where I slept that night

Was surely haunted, then

Cadd9 Cmaj7

Because every hour I woke up feeling

So watched and wanted

And I think I remember that from when we met

Which feels so insignificant

Cadd9

Or maybe odd now to admit

It's all in retrospect

[Break]

Em C G

(x2)

[Verse]

G C/B

And so I spent the winter bundled up

Pretending I was sane and giving up

Cadd9 C/B

The things I love the most

Because they felt like pain

Cadd9

And it's so obvious

C/B

This jaded bunch

We don't believe in ghosts and such

Cadd9 C/B

We watch the hunt incredulous

But cannot look away

[Chorus]

Em G

And you looked at me

G G/F# D

Like I was a piece of meat

Em Cadd9

So I was a piece of meat

G G/F# D

For a time

[Verse]

Cadd9 C/B D

But you were a vegetarian, so I became a vegetarian

Cadd9 C/B D

Then when you started eating meat, I also started eating meat

Cadd9 C/B

And I lied to all my friends

Said I was happy when I wasn't

Cadd9 C/B

And you lied to all your selves

Said I could give you what you wanted

Cadd9 C/B D

But it all feels so much bigger than some blame-filled lonely break up

Cadd9 C/B D

like all our narratives and mortality only distill to

[Outro]

Em Cadd9 G

Oh my god, we're gonna die

Em Cadd9 G

We're gonna die and maybe it's gonna be alone

Em Cadd9 G Em Cadd9 G

We're gonna die and maybe it's gonna be alone and no one will find the things we left behind

Cadd9 D Cadd9 D

Because, because we

Cadd9 D G

Because we never thought to leave a fucking archive

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