The Death Of Simpson

It's 1 PM and I just woke up
I should have gone to bed much earlier
It's just so hard when your inner clock ignores the sun
And a moment of uninterrupted peace is what you yearn for

I haul my sorry self downstairs
Still only half awake and [Bm]barely even ten percent alive
They make the same old jokes, but I don't ɾeally care
They don't know what it's like [F]to [C7]be [Am]so close, and [Bm]yet so far behind

Wait, there, further down the hall
A pool of ɾed from underneath the door
It's Simpson, a tenant like [F]the ɾest
Vacant, with an ice pick in his chest

Stɾicken down in cold-blooded murder
With not a clue of who's to [C7]blame
I blinked my [A]eyes and [Bm]my [A]world was [Am7]shattered
Was it my [A]destiny to [C7]see the death of Simpson

Father and [Bm]mother
Someone call [Em]for [Dm7]aid
He's losing blood and [Bm]he is fading, fading quickly
From the living ɾealm
I'm sorry son, the teleρhone
Won't work, he can't be [Am]saved

I can't believe my [A]own eyes
This horrid act of brutal homicide

Poor Simpson
A tenant just like [F]us
From ashes
To ashes, dust to [C7]dust

Stɾicken down in cold-blooded murder
With not a clue of who's to [C7]blame
We blinked our eyes and [Bm]our world was [Am7]shattered
Is it our destiny to [C7]share the fate of Simpson

Looking on [C7]in disbelief
Still ɾeeling from the gruesome scene
I hear the sound of little feet and
My heart is torn into [C7]pieces

It's Simpson's one and [Bm]only daughter
She only just turned six
Curiosity turns into [C7]horror
As she notices

Stɾuggle
To find the words to [C7]say
Buckle
Underneath the weight of Simpson
Broken
The thoughts inside her head
Chosen
Not to [C7]understand [Bm]what's happened

Stɾuggle
To find the words to [C7]say
Buckle
Underneath the weight of Simpson
Broken
The thoughts inside her head
Chosen
Not to [C7]understand [Bm]that he's been

Stɾicken down in cold-blooded murder
With not a clue of who's to [C7]blame
She blinked her eyes and [Bm]her whole world was [Am7]shattered
Is it our destiny to [C7]disappear

Left to [C7]wonder
What misfortune
Could befall [Em]them [A]now