Chords for Hotel Books "July (Part One)" and "August (Part Two)" -- Official Music Video

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_ [D] I [A] sat down with her and she told me her story and I told her I loved her [Em] and I just wanted
to [D] support her through a recovery.
_ And through conversations I listened and I feel like this is the [B] best way to interpret
what she told me.
[Em] _ [D] The devil found a clever way to infiltrate and bring his manipulation.
A slender blonde in a [D] cocktail dress struggling through the intoxication brought on by the
gifting of drinks until she was ready to pay back in the bedroom in search to [B] appease
the demons in her head on a sterile [Em] surface in the bathroom.
[D] Looking into [Em] a half cracked, half [A] filthy mirror hoping [D] she doesn't reflect that half cracked
and half filthy receding stain of a [A] smile her mother made when she left because the
promises she made to herself seemed to be the hardest ones to keep and knowing she survived
the last storm was no longer [F#m] all she needed to be able to fall asleep.
[F#] Vacant wine glasses and late night [D] crashes symbolic of her vessel with no presentation
at the palate [A] but a spirit starving for remembrance some sort of legacy other than her occupation
because her normal skin looked like silk but had been masked by vengeance.
[F#m] Baggage under her eyes deep within her [F#] overcompensating lies and all she saw [D] when she gazed into the
endless skies was regret from that manipulation.
This [A] life of sleeping through the static of practice for the everlasting rush she hoped
for she was somewhat ecstatic but not for the first time because this was [F#m] reminiscent
of those times that she would have those late night drives those moments when [D] she would
look back and say how did I get here?
Those moments when she would look at old [A] childhood photos and say how did that child grow up
to be like this?
When did I dismiss the morals that I subscribe to?
I don't know what to do.
[F#m] And she looks at photos of her beautiful mother in [F#] her youth and is envious of that smile
she had [D] when she was 22 and she wishes she could say the same for herself [F#] but she's living
the self [F#m]-perpetuated hell because she took the literal stains and the literal scars and
turned them into [A] emotional drain and then she fell apart.
[E] And I've never really been one for taking second chances on times that I've been [D] broken
but sometimes forgiveness needs to be put in place for someone to actually [G#] grow from
these negative [F#m] emotions and all that constructive use of the pain is thrown at you.
It's the only way that you can find refuge so I'm gonna tell you this [E] darling.
Every [C#m] time you tell yourself you're not worth it.
Every [D] time you tell yourself you're worthless you're being lied to.
[G#] And in that [F#m] case the liar is you.
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_ [D] I'm gonna chisel away at this rock until I get the shape that I want [F#] and then I'm gonna
continue to chisel it.
Cause that's what I do when I find [C#] myself in a new relationship.
Cause I remember when this started out as mud [E] mixed with water that turned to clay and
I watched it break and break and look more [A] like the image I wanted to [D] make.
It's pathetic I know but it's all anyone ever [F#] gave.
Cause I was born a virgin covered in blood and free of sin and [G#] that's the exact shape
[C#m] I want to make when I jump off this bridge.
I'm tired of [E] trying to be something that I can't be and I'm tired of fighting for something
that [A] I can't see.
[D] I'm finding new life in every regret and finding regrets [F#] in everything I forget.
And the second I'm at peace I'm thrown off by my need to [C#] make everything complete.
Cause I'm a sucker for the rule of threes.
[E] You hurt me and I hurt you.
But when I hurt you something needs to happen to [D] give me some sort of closure.
And I'm sorry for this poor posture.
I [F#] just can't stand up straight [F#] and take this like a man today.
I'm too broken.
[G#] And there's so many things I [C#m] want to say if only you would listen.
And I'll put [E] my fingers in the door so when I close it on you maybe I'll hurt a [D] little bit too.
I'll put my fingers in the door so when I [F#] close it on you.
I'll hurt a little bit too.
Because the only reason [G#] I held on to you was because I felt [C#m] like I had nothing left.
And the [E] deeper I carve into this rock I'm realizing it's not going to fit into the shape
I want so I [A] quit.
Cause I've always been afraid to fall in love.
Cause [F#m] there's something about falling that just doesn't sound worth it.
And I've [E] said it before and I'll say it again.
[A] It was problematic at best because you beckoned me and you lessened me.
[A] And no other love would accommodate my blindfold so easily.
_ [F#m] _ But now I can see. _
_ [E] _ _ Now [A] I can see. _
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_ [A] God I gave you all of my [F#m] love.
_ But I can't see past this hurt.
[E] God I gave you all of my love.
So now what do I give to her? _ _
_ [A] _ God I gave you all of my love.
[F#m] I just can't see past this hurt. _
_ [E] _ God I gave you all of my love.
[C#m] So what am I supposed to give to her? _ _
_ [A] _ God I gave you all of my [F#m] love.
I just can't see past this hurt.
_ [E] _ God I gave you all of my [E] love.
So what am I supposed to give to her?
Cause [A] I'm _ terrified.
I'm terrified.
_ [F#m] _ But I never felt so alive.
[E] I'm terrified.
I'm terrified.
But I never.
_ I never felt so [D] alive.
_ _ _ I've never [F#] felt so [F#m] alive. _ _ _
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