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"I love you, I'm sorry, please help me, thanks"
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Some bumper sticker wisdom while you're walking the plank
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I love you, I'm sorry, please help me, thanks
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The illusion of protection in the face of a tank
[Chorus]
Bm
You were a student
C#m
You were a soldier
D
You were a symbol
E
They made you a martyr
[Verse 2]
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I love you, I'm sorry, please help me, thank you
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When the nationalist demagogues eat the desperately confused
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I love you, I'm sorry, please help me, thank you
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We're so far past civility it feels useless to argue
[Chorus]
Bm
But love isn't passive
C#m
F# trick or a tactic
D
Tried to call action
E
So, go let 'em have it
[Bridge]
D A D A
When I open my perspective from my fear of the world
D A A/G# A
For the daughter I was trying to raise
D A D A
With the total sum of everything asleep in my lap
D A A/G#
I could hear I was the one in my way
D A D E
You said life is sweet, but my brain's got teeth
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[Verse 3]
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I love you, I'm sorry, please help me, thank you
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You said acceptance and forgiveness, I said nobody asked you
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I love you, I'm sorry, please help me now
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I have to drop it sometime, but I hate that I have to
[Chorus]
Bm
Oh, but it saved me
C#m
Oh, but it changed me
D
It shaped and remade me
E
Oh, what it gave me
[Bridge 2]
D A D A
I was burned out on obsessing with the end of the world
D A A/G# A
And the daughter I was helping to raise
D A D A
With the total sum of everything awake in my lap
D A A/G#
I could hear what you were trying to say
D A D E
You said life is sweet, but my brain's got teeth
D A D E
You said life is sweet, but my brain's got teeth
D A D E
You said life is sweet, if I let it be
[Outro]
A D A
I love you, I'm sorry, please help me, thanks
A D A
I love you, I'm sorry, please help me, thanks
A D A
I love you, I'm sorry, please help me, thanks
A D A
I love you, I'm sorry, please help me, thanks