Standard (EADGBE)
Key:
Chords used:
Intro
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Verse 1
The terror of the view
the emptiness
of this room
always writing
a---gainst this truth
in the way that a painter
must have a surface to hit
Refrain 1
The paint is flying now
breaking the silence at
the speed of sound
Hitting the frequency
she's reaching
back at me
Warm and loud
Warm and loud
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Beautiful demons fly out
Verse 2
And we're fighting for our lives
to fill the corners up with light
Black spell casting
a---gainst them now
in the way that a bullet
will go until it is stopped
Refrain 2
And all the medicine
went to my head again
Late last night
my bed of saccharine
my bad amphetamine
I was lit from within
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burning with means and ends
Chorus 1
And the city life is
like sugar high
knocking me out
keeping me wired
It's incredible
unsteady chemicals
come and go the ebb and flow
When the measure of your
work is the measure of your worth
then you better make it work
Post chorus: ---- x4
Verse 3
There's some people
I could name
but it's not
the time or place
to split hairs with
the guys downstairs
They'll get their
fair share I'm sure
gonna take us there
Chorus 2
And the city kids
the angry with it kids
hate everything
the first time
It's incredible
the kind of chemicals
knocking around in my mind
In the winter of my night I
found a desperate kind of light
and nothing comes without a fight
Bridge
You want to know
where the good thoughts grow
but you ought to know
where all the good thoughts go
Verse 4
You can't afford
to miss a day
Call in sick you
better stay that way
Stay that way
Chorus 3
And the city life is just some
other guy knocking me out
wasting my time Upper middle class
Infomaniac You will get yours
I will get mine. So get in
line, the frequency is fine
Outro