[Verse]
C E Am
In this light, I could be anyone
Dm Bb G
The hero that you wanted all along
C E Am
A giant's shadow looming up the wall
Dm Bb G
But smaller now than I ever was
F G
Oh my kindness is a lie
E Am
A wicked tongue and wicked eyes
F G Am
She was shy and I was just a boy
Dm Bb G
I wonder where a girl like that would go
C E Am
The hollow ring of silver on the floor
Dm Bb G
Bought your company but not your love
C E Am
Now here we are, my mercenary friends
Dm Bb G
We can drink and talk and play pretend
[Pre-Chorus]
F
All the words that hurt you
C
Wear them now like armor
F G Am
They will never harm or burden you again
Dm G E
I won't fight like a lion of the rock
Dm Am G
But damn it if I don't give good talk
[Chorus]
F C F Am G
Talk, talk, talk, talk...
C E
A cliche of a broken thing
Am Dm Bb G
A ruin filling up on wine and skin
C E Am
Leave this city, go across the sea
Dm Bb G
Forget the ashes of my family
C E Am
We are all still puppets on their strings
Dm Bb G
Truth, an ever-buried, bitter thing
[Pre-Chorus]
F
All the words that hurt you
C
Wear them now like armor
F G Am
They will never harm or burden you again
Dm G E
I won't fight like a lion of the rock
Dm Am G
But damn it if I don't give good talk
[Chorus]
F C F Am G
Talk, talk, talk, talk...
C E
A cliche of a broken thing
Am Dm Bb G
A ruin filling up on wine and skin
C E Am
Leave this city, go across the sea
Dm Bb G
Forget the ashes of my family
C E Am
We are all still puppets on their strings
Dm Bb G
Truth, an ever-buried, bitter thing