(intro) Cm  G#

Cm            Bb
Take a moment if you dare
G#               Cm
Catch yourself a breath of air
G#              Gm
There's another life out there
    Cm
And you should try it
                  Bb
Dead-ends hide on every street
G#              Cm
Look before you place your feet
G#                  Gm
Cracks and fissures keep the beat
    Cm
And you're inside it

Cm
Every thought you never dared to think
G#
Every mood you always knew would sink
Cm
Every line you spoke out loud in a jest
G#                                Bb  Cm
All the time you took to be your best Soon forgotten

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Cm                       Bb
The sun must never touch your skin
G#                  Cm
It could expose the dark within-
      G#          Gm          Cm
You're paranoid about the paranoia
                 Bb
And panic hits without a sign
    G#              Cm
You worry about it all the time
G#            Gm           Cm
Every perfect moment is a hidden warning

G#
Cuz everything makes your pretty head spin
Cm
And nagging thoughts are starting to sink in
G#
With everything this way it's better to forget
Cm                          Bb                Cm
Than end up in a place with something to regret

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Cm                  Bb
Your transatlantic shopping-sprees
     G#             Cm
Your health forever guarantees
  G#         Gm                Cm
Organic-bio-life's a breeze in cosy prisons
                    Bb
But hiding out in a salad bar
   G#        Cm
Isn't gonna get you far
     G#             Gm        Cm
and bottled wine is vinegar tomorrow

G#
Everything around here makes your pretty head spin
Cm
Its piling up high and you're back where you begin
G#
Moments you have tried so hard to forget
Cm                           Bb
Are promising to've been the best one's yet

      Cm
yeah  Everytime you shut your eyes it appears
 G#                                      Bb
Everytime you trace your steps back here
Cm
None of your convictions have the same old ring
    G#                              Bb
No doubt you found a place for everything
   Gm           G#
In cosy prisons

Cm             Bb
  So if you're careful
    G#            Cm
You won't get hurt
       G#           Gm
But if your careful all the time
     Cm
Then what's it worth?