Controlled Bleeding

Intro 
Am Am F 
Am Am F 

{Instrumental} 



 
Am                       F 
My souls still restless  harnessed tight, 
C                        G 
I keep it chained up most every night. 
   Dm                 Bdim 
In tune, my body  in tune, my mind, 
           E                         Am 
If I could only teach my heart to be kind. 
 

 
           C                   G 
Controlled bleeding, organized chaos, 
              Am                 F 
Feelings drip slow, like morning frost. 
                Dm                        Am 
Squeeze em out gentle, like paint from a tube 
              E                     Am 
Its the only survival skill I ever knew. 
 

 
Am                           F 
Some things cut deep,  gotta hide them away. 
    C                   G 
Too much to be felt in a single day. 
     Dm                Bdim 
So I take my pain,  in slices like bread, 
E                            E 
Meal-prepped sorrow til the day Im dead. 
 

 
           C                   G 
Controlled bleeding, organized chaos, 
              Am                 F 
Feelings drip slow, like morning frost. 
                Dm                        Am 
Squeeze em out gentle, like paint from a tube 
              E                     Am 
Its the only survival skill I ever knew.  

{Guitar Solo} 




 
      F                             C 
Maybe mercys just another word for rest, 
      Bdim                          Am 
Maybe peace is pain thats been expressed. 
     F                  G 
So I take it slow  one breath at a time, 
    E                        E 
The blood of creation stains every line. 
 

 
           C                   G 
Controlled bleeding, organized chaos, 
              Am                   F 
Feelings drip slow, but nothing is lost. 
                Dm                        Am 
Squeeze em out gentle, like paint from a tube 
              E                     Am 
Its the only survival skill I ever knew. 
 

Outro 
Am Am F