Intro -x2-: Em D C B
Verse 1:
Em D
I start to part two halves of my heart in the dark and I
C
Don't know where I should go
B
And the tears and the fears begin to multiply
Em
Taking time in a simple place
D
In my bed where my head rests on a pillowcase
C
And it's said that a war's led but I forget
B
That I let another day go by
Em
I want to be afraid but it seems that these days
D
I'm caught under water and I'm falling farther
C
My heart's getting harder, I'm calling my father
B
Am I screaming to an empty sky?
Em D
Empty sky, no way, that's me cause one half of my heart is free
C B
Empty sky, no way, that's me cause the other half of my heart's asleep
Chorus:
Em Em C
Sing a song but don't believe
C G
Blasphemy is just for me
Hypocrite, take your pick
Em G
Cause the poison's on my lips
Em
Can I understand you?
C
Can I understand you?
G
Can I understand you?
D
Can I understand you?
Interlude: Em D C B
Verse 2:
Em
Lights, camera, action, satisfaction
D C
At your finger tips no one's lacking stuff
But it's not enough when it seems that
B
We have enough stuff just to blow stuff up
Em D
Lights, camera, stop! We're killing ourselves
Just to get to the top
C
But we won't stop talking about what we got
B
And how we all love it when we're loved a lot
Em
Enough about you, let's talk about me
D
And how everybody thinks I'm just so free
C
Free? Did you hear the Verse that came first
B
And how my own body's waging war on me?
Em
I bet you didn't know something as absurd
D
There's a word that is said more than any other word
C
It's sorry, sorry
B
And I pray that the word was heard
Chorus:
Em Em C
Sing a song but don't believe
C G
Blasphemy is just for me
Hypocrite, take your pick
Em G
Cause the poison's on my lips
Em
Can I understand you?
C
Can I understand you?
G
Can I understand you?
D
Can I understand you?
Bridge:
Em Em C
I want to be alive
C G
When you see my eyes
G D
Can I see your eyes?
-hold- Em
Can I see your eyes?
Em C
Can I see your eyes
C G
Can I see your eyes?
G D
Can I see your eyes?
D
Can I see?
-hold- C
I want to be alive
G
When you see my eyes
D
Can I see your eyes?
Em
Can I see your eyes?
Outro:
Em C G
Let the water wash away
D Em
Everything that you've become
C G
On your knees, today is gone
D Em
And tomorrow's sure to come
C G
Tomorrow's sure to come