Feel it [Em]cutting into me, the doubting [G]painful knife
Feel it [C]deepening the rift, finally [D]hit just right
Couldn't [Em]take the love I had, so weak and [G]burning low
But it grew [C]into a weapon only [D]hurting me, this I know
[Em] [G] [C]
[D]...is nonfiction
[Em] [G] [C] [D]
So good [Em]with numbers, science, [G]math I like
But I'm [C]terrible at English so [D]I despise
This [Em]part of me that wants a simple [G]"right or wrong"
And I [C]feel that everything I choose will [D]always be false
And [Em]today
This [G]homework
About [C]me
A [D]blank sheet
[Em]Accomplished
[G]Content with
This life [C]I will [D]now live
'Til [Em]I think why [G]are we
just [C]sometimes no [D]always
Saying [A]how we're sad and
Saying [Bm]how we're lonely?
Can you [Em]even read the blackboard written [G]clear as can be?
Can you [C]even read his mind? See that kid's [D]lost fantasy?
Can you [Em]even find the one who dyed his [G]red heart to black?
Hey, who [A]could it be?
Hey, [Bm]someone tell me!
Can you [Em]even solve the question with your [G]abacus yet?
Can you [C]even stop the rope from hanging [D]him by his neck?
Did we [Em]really choose it right saying we're [G]okay this way?
Hey, just [A]tell me how
It's [Bm]not like I care now
Counting [Em]days like numbers, they [G]all pass their prime
And [C]again hypnotically [D]swimming through time
[Em]Behind the power and [G]guards I put up
I [A]hide
Knowing [Bm]they had long died
From [Em]problems
My [G]resolve
Just [C]can't solve
That [D]homework
[Em]Accomplished
[G]Content with
This [C]life I will [D]now live
'Til [Em]I think and [G]he speaks
That [C]demon [D]inside us
Saying [A]"let me just leave"
Saying [Bm]"someone kill me!"
Can you [Em]even read the blackboard written [G]clear as can be?
Can you [C]even read his mind? See that kid's [D]lost fantasy?
Can you [Em]even find the one who dyed his [G]red heart to black?
Hey, who [A]could it be?
Hey, [Bm]someone tell me!
Can you [Em]even solve the question with your [G]abacus yet?
Can you [C]even stop the rope from hanging [D]him by his neck?
Did we [Em]really choose it right saying we're [G]okay this way?
Hey, [A]just tell me how
Hey [Bm]just tell me how!
Can you [Em]even say the formula of [G]area now?
Can you [C]even scream the dreams you swore would [D]never go out?
Who [Em]was the one who let my hopes just [G]curl up die?
Hey, [A]who could it be?
No, [Bm]it's gotta be...
Just [Em]open up your eyes, why don't you [G]grow up and see?
But what the [C]hell is "growing up" and tell me [D]when will I be?
Can a [Em]single person out there just [G]explain it to me?
Hey, [A]just tell me how
It's [Bm]not like I care now!