Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Putting pennies on the track, shiny and flat,
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It was the best we could be, sexy and free
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I grow away from myself with each passing bell
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With all these new accessories, I just stumble and bleed
[Chorus]
C# G#
For a moment I feel the coldness
Cm F#
At the end of a fall day
C# G#
I put my hands down deep in my pockets
F# F
As my body awakes
[Verse 2]
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So I'm heading back to school all brilliant and new,
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Trying hard to fit in and not to walk like a man
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G# girl that I never noticed asked me to hold this
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G# secret too hard to tell and I never will
[Chorus]
C# G#
For a moment I feel the coldness
Cm F#
Of everything that's been taken away
C# G#
I put the phone back in the cradle,
F# F
I can't make this okay
[Bridge]
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The damage she'll survive
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But damn the sacrifice of
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Every life we've lost
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Damn all the cost of the assault
[Verse 3]
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You tied a knot and you dared me,
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The stem of a cherry,
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To find my own humanity
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And just let it breathe
[Chorus]
C# G#
Hold my head up in this moment
Cm F#
Keep myself from fading away
C# G#
Pull my hands out of pockets and
F# F
Feel my body awake
[Outro]
A#m F# A