Key: E
Introduction:
Em D C Am
I have never liked the box of knives
Em D C Am
You said was a paradox because you?re kind
Em D C Am
But withstood a trial till that robbed you, blind
Em D C Am
Of love that was safe and so you learned to fight
Em D C Am
I have never liked the box of knives
Em D C Am
You said was a paradox because you?re kind
Em D C Am
But withstood a trial till that robbed you, blind
Em D C Am
Of love that was safe and so you learned to fight
Em D C Am
I have never liked the box of knives
Em D C Am
You said was a paradox because you?re kind
Em D C Am
But withstood a trial till that robbed you, blind
Em D C Am
Of love that was safe and so you learned to fight
Em D C Am
I have never liked the box of knives
Em D C Am
You said was a paradox because you?re kind
Em D C Am
But withstood a trial till that robbed you, blind
Em D C Am
Of love that was safe and so you learned to fight
Am C Em D
What do I do with the stuff
Am C Em D
It seems like yesterday I called you up
Bm Em C
I had a terrible case of the past
D G C
I didn?t know how to get it off
Am Bm C
I didn?t know how to get it off
Pre-Chorus
G
And you took
C
Your machete
G C
And you sliced through the vines that wrapped around me
G
And you said
Em D
I dont know what i?m doing
C Bm Am
So I?ll just keep on cutting
G C
It?s worth a little blood to get your arms free
Em D C Am
I have never liked the box of knives
Em D C Am
You said was a paradox because you?re kind
Em D C Am
But withstood a trial till that robbed you, blind
Em D C Am
Of love that was safe and so you learned to fight
Em D C Am
I have never liked the box of knives
Em D C Am
You said was a paradox because you?re kind
Em D C Am
But withstood a trial till that robbed you, blind
Em D C Am
Of love that was safe and so you learned to fight
Am C Em D
What do I do with the stuff
Am C Em D
It seems like yesterday I was in love
Bm Em C
I kept on hardening the soft parts out
D G C
I didn?t know how to get them off
Am Bm C
I didn?t know how to get them off
Pre-Chorus
G
And you took
C
Your machete
G C
And you hacked through the wood in the surrounding
G
And you said
Em D
I dont know where I?m going
C Bm Am
I just know that I'm heading
G C
From the dead things piled up behind me
Pre-Chorus
G
And you took
C
Your machete
G C
And you carved out a path to my chest
G
And you said see
Em D
There?s nothing not worth keeping
C Bm Am
You felt so many beatings
G C
But nothings gonna work if you believe me
G C
But nothings gonna work if you believe me
Em D C Am
I have never liked the box of knives
Em D C Am
You said was a paradox because you?re kind
Em D C Am
But withstood a trial till that robbed you, blind
Em D C Am
Of love that was safe and so you learned to fight
Em D C Am
I have never liked the box of knives
Em D C Am
You said was a paradox because you?re kind
Em D C Am
But withstood a trial till that robbed you, blind
Em D C Am
Of love that was safe and so you learned to fight
Em D C Am
I have never liked the box of knives
Em D C Am
I?d take it to the ocean side the day you die
Em D C Am
I stood out on the dock no matter how hard I tried
Em D C Am
I couldn?t drop it in a fight could last and die
Am C Em D
What do I do with the stuff
Am C Em D
It seems like yesterday you were alive
Bm Em C
And it?s as if you never really died
D G C
And it?s as if you never really died
Pre-Chorus
G
And you took
C
Your machete
G C
You said boo, guess who, but seriously beauty
Em D
You said see you got the drill now don?t you
C Bm Am
It?s not a will or wont you