Key: C major
Verse 1
C
Em
F
G
Em
down
Lay your head down
F
G
Lay your head down on me
C
Em
What is the state of your heart?
G
C
Are you awake?
Sometimes when I cry,
Em
I start to cry harder simply because I am crying
F
Or because I know that somewhere in the world there are
little girls that are wearing tutus and sibging Christmas songs
that look like rolled up towels
You can find anything on the internet
F
G
That is so cool
C
Or I cry because Sarah McClaughlin comes on to my TV
Em
and sings to animals who don't have homes.
McClaughlin
Or when I've cut onion
Em
s
F
G
But thats just human
I cry when there is no end and I cry
Em
And I cry because you love me so well and I cry because I gave
G
And I cry because I used to cry alone because I
wanted to die
I cry because the sun set is so beauti
I cry because I am scared I
F
I cry because I'm on meds or I forgot my meds or I'm crying for the fact that I'm crying because I
G
forgot my meds and does this mean I am actually myself?
Em
F
G
Gsus4
G
and that doesn't feel like enough
C
Lay your head down
F
G
Lay your head down on me
C
Em
What is the state of your heart?
C
Em
I cry because sometimes my only power feels like tweeting
G
Or I cry because I am human and I'm connected
and there is immense sadness in the world
Em
Because one person consumed with self hatred and armed
F
G
with one gun can kill an entire room of people
so many of us
forget how important it is to cry
Or made to feel weal when they
F
do
Em
F
G
I cry because I can't
And I cry because there is also good
And Harry Potter
And the brilliant gasps
And hamocks
I love hamocks
G
I cry because it is late in the summer and all
the fireflies are winking at me
C
And the moon is out
And it wants nothing from me
Em
I cry because my heart used to be an atlas
I cry because I am full now and sure and say yes when
And can love you with all of
Am
G
F
my breath
G
C
to live with all of this light
G
C
Lay your head down on me
Lay your head down
F
G
Lay your head down on me
C
Em
What is the state of your heart?
Em
Am
Stay awake
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