VERSE ONE:
Life
Starts when I open my eyes

But since I'm dying inside
I think I'd rather be blind
So I can't see all the promises you broke


Time
Is like a knife in the side

And as it passes me by
I wish heartbreak could give me a place to hide
So I can watch this all fall apart


PRE-CHORUS:
Please tell me you're happy

Then maybe insanity will leave me be

CHORUS

I'll hold my heart out on shaking palms
But if it starts to bleed then please don't be alarmed
Because I loved you

And so I'm writing you a song
And I'll call it days


SECOND VERSE:
Trying
To draw the strength that's inside

But would you look in my eyes
Without trying to lie?
So I could tell you I love you one more time


I'm Dying
To see what's inside your mind

But it looks at me blind
I somehow know that what's left of you has died
And your ghost won't look me in the eyes


PRE-CHORUS:
Please tell me you're happy

Then maybe insanity will leave me be
CHORUS
I'll hold my heart out on shaking palms

But if it starts to bleed then please don't be alarmed
Because I loved you
And so I'm writing you a song

And I'll call it days,
Even though it lasted so much longer
And I hope that up in Heaven

You are feeling so much stronger
Are you waiting for me?
Or do I have to stay down here?

Because Lord knows I can't make it through
Another sixty years
And if I could

I'd lie down beside you in that grave
In the dirt
In the mud

And shove my soul into yours
Because you deserve it... so much more.


PRE-CHORUS:
Please tell me you're happy
Then maybe insanity will leave me be


CHORUS
I'll hold my heart out on shaking palms

But if it starts to bleed then please don't be alarmed
Because I loved you
And so I'm writing you a song

And I'll call it days
So after that I might forget you
And I'm hoping that dirt and mud

Can be a home for you too
Because you didn't feel at home with me


BRIDGE:
I promise to love you
For five minutes every day
Just long enough to pour my coffee
And stare blankly at the television screen

Some days I'll love you
For closer on an hour
Buried under the covers
And crying my eyes out
Because you're not here beside me

Oh you're not here beside me

And I'll call it days
Because that's what I have the most of