Open Chords at the End

[Verse 1]
You said
"Relax"
Teeth on your coffee cup
Hands still shake
Yeah
I still mess it up
Dry mouth
White walls
Your name on my phone again
Don’t talk
Just stare
Like we’re waiting for the end
[Chorus]
Open chords at the end of the world
You scream my name till your throat burns
If this is it
Let it all distort
We only live when it all goes short
Open chords at the end of the world
Say it again till the words hurt
If this is it
Let it all distort
We only live when it all falls short
[Verse 2]
Last train missed
We walk past the parking lot
You laugh too loud
I pretend that I forgot
Your eyes
My lies
Both pulling at the same loose thread
One step
One breath
One word we never said
[Chorus]
Open chords at the end of the world
You scream my name till your throat burns
If this is it
Let it all distort
We only live when it all goes short
Open chords at the end of the world
Say it again till the words hurt
If this is it
Let it all distort
We only live when it all falls—
[Bridge]
—short fuse
Long fall (hey!)
I push
You stall
We’re too proud to bend
Too scared to end
[Chorus]
Open chords at the end of the world
You scream my name till your throat burns
If this is it
Let it all distort
We only live when it all goes short
Open chords at the end of the world
Hands in the air like a last word
If this is it
Let it all distort
We only live when it all falls short

rock, Raw alt-rock band, male vocals. Taut, mid-tempo groove with dry hi-hat and snarling bass in the verses, guitars palm-muted and close. Chorus blows wide with loud, open chords and stacked gang vocals on the hook; kick and crash explode into the space. Brief feedback swell into a stripped bridge, then one last, huge chorus tagged with a shouted outro., raw, male vocals