Tom: G
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[Verse]
G C Em D
If I aim for you, then I aim to please
G C Em D
Until you look at me and I forget to breathe
G C Em D
Lessons will be learned and stories will be told
G C Em D
He can give you silver but I can give you gold
[Verse]
G C Em D
So take a picture off the shelf, I hope it's me and not myself
G C Em D
I can't take these bruises to my health anymore
G C Em D
Strike a match I'll light the wick, you're beautiful I'm feeling sick
G C Em D
Don't think I'll stand here taking this anymore
[Chorus]
G C Em D
So you're my excuse for the taking of refuge
G C Em D
On stage I'm an idol, take me off and I'm see-through
x2
[Verse]
G C Em D
I can be the target if you'll be the one to shoot
G C Em D
Nobody can silence me, I'll always be bullet-proof
G C Em D
I'm too old for lessons now, I've heard it all before
G C Em D
You've gotten less than nothing, I could have given so much more
[Verse]
G C Em D
Pictures fading never merrier, living life in shades of sepia
G C Em D
Bruises make this burden heavier
G C Em D
Strike a match I'll light the wick, you're beautiful I'm feeling sick
G C Em D G C Em D
To think I'm still here taking this after time, time after time
[Verse]
G C Em D
I'm living with this curse and I think it's getting worse
G C Em D
Someone call the doctor 'cause I've already lost the nurse
G C Em D
And how did we begin to make it end this rough?
G C Em C
You say that I'm too good, it seems too good is not enough
G C Em C
And I'll have to set you free, not sit and stare and wonder
G C Em D
Not let another crooked girl start taking me under
[Chorus/Outro]
G C Em D
So you're my excuse for the taking of refuge
G C Em D
On stage I'm an idol, take me off and I'm see-through
