[Intro]
Em Bm x4
[Verse 1]
Em G C Em
I am a hero, I am an actor, I'm this violent shade of blue
Em G C Em
I am newly discovered tension still confused by yesterday
[Bridge]
Em Bm Em Bm
[Verse 2]
Em G C Em
I am a hero on a mission. Staking claims, yielding none
Em G C Em
I am an artist With a vision. Seeing hell, his destiny
[Pre-chorus]
Bm Am Bm Am
I know the simple sting of a tear sends the star crashing to earth
[Chorus]
G C G C D C G
Dying in a moment of splendor, for a moment the glory and the death are one the same
[Bridge]
F C
[Verse 3]
Em G C Em
I am an actor, so unfeeling. Then a flower, I am crushed
Em G C Em
I am a villain unstable and anguished Then an angel, you trust
[Pre-chorus]
Bm Am Bm Am
The heartless echo of memory sends the actor whirling, twirling, falling to his knees
[Chorus]
G C G C D C G
Dying in a moment of splendor, for a moment the glory and the death are one the same
[Instrumental]
F# C# F# C# Am Bm
[Verse 4]
Em G C Em
I am a bubble almost to bursting, swollen by unrelinquishing pride
Em G C Em
I am the shrinking remains of potential, never growing as I should
[Pre-chorus]
Bm Am
But the simple sting of a tear
[Chorus]
G C G C D C
Dying in a moment of splendor, for a moment the glory and the death are one (x2)
G C G C D C G
Dying in a moment of splendor, for a moment the glory and the death are one the same