The Alien

verse 1 e|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------| B|------1-----1-----1-----|------------------------|------0-----0------0------|------1-----1-----1-----| G|--------2-----2-----2---|------2-----2-----2-----|--------0------0------0---|--------0-----0-----0---| D|----2-----2-----2-----2-|----0---0-----0-----0---|----0-----0------0------0-|----2-----2-----2-----2-| x4 A|-0----------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|-3----------------------| E|------------------------|-2--------2-----2-----2-|-3------------------------|------------------------| The lights were low enough, you guessed You swapped your conscience with your father's medication Limped from Rome to Lawrenceville And on the way, you wrote out a self-made declaration And when you got to Pleasant Hill You forced the traffic to erase your family demons And made a pact with you and god If you don't move, I swear to you I'm gonna make ya Chorus 1 e|-------8-----8-----8-----|-------7-----7-----7-----|-----------------------------|-------8-----8-----8-----| B|---------8-----8-----8---|---------8-----8-----8---|-------12-----12-----12------|---------8-----8-----8---| G|---9-------9-----9-----9-|---9-------9-----9-----9-|---12----12-----12-----12----|---9-------9-----9-----9-| D|-----10------------------|-----9-------------------|-----12-----12-----12-----12-|-----10------------------| A|-------------------------|-7-----------------------|-10--------------------------|-------------------------| E|-8-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|-8-----------------------| Do you need me? Do you need me? Do you need me? Do you need me? verse 2 e|-------5-----5-----5-----|-------------------------|-------3-----3-----3-----|-------3-----3----3-----| B|---------5-----5-----5---|-------7-----7-----7-----|---------3-----3-----3---|---------5----5-----5---| G|---5-------5-----5-----5-|---7-----7-----7-----7---|---4-------4-----4-----4-|---5-------5----5-----5-| D|-----7-------------------|-----7-----7-----7-----7-|-----5-------------------|-----5------------------| x4 A|-------------------------|-5-----------------------|-------------------------|-3----------------------| E|-5-----------------------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|------------------------| When the first officer arrived It happened to be the high school bully of your brother When you finally recognized You felt some guilt that you had even let him touch you Can you hear me, what's your name? You could not speak just laid amazed at all the damage As the high school's letting out All the kids are sayin' the same thing that they used to Chorus 2 It's an alien It's an alien It's an alien It's an alien Interlude verse 3 The lights are low enough you guessed Hospital food, there's never enough medication The doctor asked about your ears You said your mom said you were made from a revelation The revelation never scares If you came from your drunken dad and a pair of scissors Were you just finally letting go? Did you mean to take out all those people with you? Chorus 3 Didn't mean to Didn't mean to Didn't mean to Didn't mean to Oh I didn't mean ------------------ to (Take the time to learn to let you go) Oh I didn't mean ---------- to (Don't let me go) No I didn't mean ------------------ to (Take the time to learn to let you go) Oh I didn't mean ----------- to (Never let you go) Outro Time is here to take your last amendments and believe them on your own Time is here to take you by the hand and leave you there alone Time has come to take the last commandment and to carve it into stone Time has come to take you by the hand and leave you here alone