[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
C#m                          A
  I'm heartsick and well rehearsed
                            E             D#
Highly decorated with a badge that reads "It could be worse"
C#m                                    A
  So prideful I choose to live in disguise
          E             D#
With a levee set for my heavy eyes

[Chorus]
E                       C#m
   I apologize for the grief
      A              E
When you'd refuse to eat
                            C#m
I didn't know just what to say
       A
While watching you wither away

[Verse 2]
C#m                              A
  I'm homesick and living in the past
          E             D#
Seemingly unfazed and strong if anyone asks
C#m                                        A
  I'm keeping up appereances with white lies
          E             D#
With a levee set for my heavy eyes

[Chorus]
E                       C#m
   I apologize for the grief
      A                 E
When you'd talk about belief
                            C#m
I didn't know just what to say
       A
While watching you wither away

[Interlude]
 E
It was time this whole time
 E
We can't undo or rewind
 E
Just a simple conversation about nothing much at all
  A
Couldn't keep me in the room, I just kept walking down the hall
 E
But now I understand just what a fool I'd been
 A
No matter what the context, I won't have that time again
(and I live with that)

[Chorus]
E                            C#m
I took inventory of what I took for granted
       A                           E
And I ended up with more than I imagined
                                 C#m
I've kept it bottled up and to myself in the cellar
A                               E
Kept for my everchanging mental health