Verse C You tried your best to bury in the ground C A place, a face, a very small town C The walls you built are crumbling down C Haunted by the shadows all around Pre-Chorus Am F C And yeah, it was forever ago Am F C The scars are more painful than you'll knowVerse C You feel like you can never get it right C Sticks and stones have given up the fight C Cause words cut sharper than a knife C And losses become larger than life Pre-Chorus Am F C And yeah, it was forever ago Am F C The closer sometimes just wont stay closedDm Am F C The ghosts in your heart are alive, spread the ashes of your father Dm Am F C If your angst has survived, then you're only treading waterBridge Dm Am F C 'cause you're only treading water Dm Am F C Release me Dm Am F C Let me go Dm Am F C Release me Dm Am F C Let me go Dm Am F C Release me Pre-Chorus Am F C And yeah, it was forever ago Am F C But the past has a deadly undertowDm Am F C The ghosts in your heart are alive, spread the ashes of your father Dm Am F C If your angst has survived, then you're only treading water Dm Am F C If you're lost in the dark then you're only treading water Dm Am F C Release to the wind, spread the ashes of your fatherBridge Dm Am F C 'cause you're only treading water Dm Am F C Yeah, you're only treading water (let me go...) Dm Am F C You're only treading water (release me...)Dm Am F C The ghosts in your heart are alive, spread the ashes of your father Dm Am F C If your angst has survived, then you're only treading water Dm Am F C If you're lost in the dark, then you're only treading water Dm Am F C Release to the wind, spread the ashes of your father