Verse 1
[Am] [D/F#] [G] [C]
[Am] The lights were low enough, you gue[D/F#]guessed
You swapped your c[G]conscience with your father's medic[C]medication
[Am] Limped from Rome to Lawrenceville [D/F#]
And on the w[G]way, you wrote out a self-made declar[C]declaration
[Am] And when you got to Pleasant Hill [D/F#]
You forced the t[G]traffic to erase your family d[C]demons
[Am] And made a pact with you and god [D/F#]
If you don't m[G]move, I swear to you I'm gonna m[C]make ya
Chorus 1
[C] [Em] [G] [C]
Do you [C]need me? [Em]
Do you [G]need me? [C]
Do you [C]need me? [Em]
Do you [G]need me? [C]
Verse 2
[Am] [D] [G] [C]
[Am] When the first officer arrived [D]
It happened to b[G]be the high school bully of your br[C]brother
[Am] When you finally recogn[D]recognized
You felt some g[G]guilt that you had even let him t[C]touch you
[Am] Can you hear me, what's your name? [D]
You could not sp[G]speak just laid amazed at all the d[C]damage
[Am] As the high school's letting ou[D]out
All the k[G]kids are sayin' the same thing that they u[C]used to
Chorus 2
It's an [C]alien [Em]
It's an [G]alien [C]
It's an [C]alien [Em]
It's an [G]alien [C]
Interlude
[Am] [D] [G] [C] [Am] [D] [G] [C]
Verse 3
[Am] The lights are low enough you gu[D]guessed
Hospital f[G]food, there's never enough medic[C]medication
[Am] The doctor asked about your e[D]ears
You said your m[G]mom said you were made from a revel[C]revelation
[Am] The revelation never sc[D]scares
Your fear came f[G]from your drunken dad and a pair of s[C]scissors
[Am] Were you just finally letting g[D]go?
Did you m[G]mean to take out all those people w[C]with you?
Chorus 3
Didn't [C]mean to [Em]
Didn't [G]mean to [C]
Didn't [C]mean to [Em]
Didn't [G]mean to [C]
Oh I didn't [C]mean ------------------ to [Em]
(Take the time to learn to let you go)
Oh I didn't [G]mean ---------- to [C]
(Don't let me go)
No I didn't [C]mean ------------------ to [Em]
(Take the time to learn to let you go)
Oh I didn't [G]mean ----------- to [C]
(Never let you go)
Outro
[Am] [G] [Am] [G]
[Am]Time is here to take your
last amendments and believe them on your [G]own
[Am]Time is here to take you by the hand and leave you there a[G]alone
[Am]Time has come to take the last
commandment and to carve it into [G]stone
[Am]Time has come to take you by the hand and leave you here a[G]alone