[Intro]
G D A
[Verse 1]
G
Walking past that prison I get shivers down my spine,
D E F#
I need a cup of tea and somewhere warm to sit.
G
But the crossword does my head in, I get stuck on every word,
D E F#
I'm adding characters to make the answers fit.
C Cm
'Preparation for the outside world'- 14 letters,
G Em
the days keep going by, but I'm not feeling better,
C Cm
I just keep it locked inside.
[Chorus]
G D Am G D Am
I saw myself through your eyes for one hundred and eighty weeks,
G D Am
Now I'm trying to learn how to see again,
G D Am G
looking through to what's underneath, but the pictures incomplete.
G D A
[Verse 2]
G
Remembering the day that Peters' bakery caught fire.
D E F#
The whole city smelt a bit like bread and burning tires,
G D
sitting on the hillside by the car, watching smoke clouds fill a sunny sky,
E F# C Cm
chaos from afar, you said you never ever wanted me to change,
G Em C Cm
and to my detriment I'm still the fucking same, each deficiency remains.
[Chorus]
G D Am G D Am
I saw myself through your eyes for one hundred and eighty weeks,
G D Am
Now I'm trying to learn how to see again,
G D Am G
looking through to what's underneath, but the pictures incomplete.
G D A
[Bridge]
Em G
So when you look into these eyes, I hope you realise,
Am C Cm
HMP Durham casts a shadow which belies its real size,
Em
as the coward always says,
G Am C
it's much easier to lock the stuff that tears us up away,
Cm G
than to see it every day.
G D A (x8)
[Chorus]
G D Am G D Am
I saw myself through your eyes for one hundred and eighty weeks,
G D Am
Now I'm trying to learn how to see again,
G D Am G
looking through to what's underneath, but the pictures incomplete.