Intro
C, D#, Em, G, C, Em, G x2
G#
Tell me a piece of your history
D# G#
that you're proud to call your own
G#
Speak in words you picked up
D# G#
as you walked through life alone.
G#
We used to swim in your stories
D# G#
and be pulled down by their tide,
G#
choking on the words
D# G#
and drowning with no air inside.
Cm G#
Now you've hit a wall and it's not your fault
D# A#
my dear, my dear, my dear.
Cm G#
Now you've hit a wall and you've hit it hard,
D# A#
my dear, my dear, oh dear.
G# D# A#
It is not enough to be dumbstruck;
(Can you fill the silence?)
G# D# Cm G
you must have the words in that head of yours.
G# D#
And oh, oh, can you feel the silence?
Cm A#
I can't take it anymore,
G# D# A#
'cause it is not enough to be dumbstruck.
(Can you fill the silence?)
C, D#, Em, G, C, Em, G
G#
Tell me a piece of your history
D# G#
that you've never said out loud.
G#
Pull the rug beneath my feet
D# G#
and shake me to the ground.
G#
Wrap me around your fingers,
D# G#
break the silence open wide,
G#
and before it seeps into my ears,
D# G#
it fills me up from the inside.
Cm G#
Now you've hit a wall and it's not your fault
D# A#
my dear, my dear, my dear.
Cm G#
Now you've hit a wall and you've hit it hard,
D# A#
my dear, my dear, oh dear.
G# D# A#
It is not enough to be dumbstruck;
(Can you fill the silence?)
G# D# Cm G
you must have the words in that head of yours.
G# D#
And oh, oh, can you feel the silence?
Cm A#
I can't take it anymore,
G# D# A#
'cause it is not enough to be dumbstruck.
(Can you fill the silence?)
C, G, A#
G#
If you give it a name, then it's already won.
D# A#
What you good for, what you good for?
G#
If you give it a name, then it's already won.
D# A#
What you good for, what you good for?
G# D#
If you give it a name, then it's already won.
A#
What you good for, what you good for?
G# D#
If you give it a name, then it's already won.
Cm A#
What you good for, what you good for?
G# D# A#
It is not enough to be dumbstruck;
(Can you fill the silence?)
G# D# Cm G
you must have the words in that head of yours.
G# D#
And oh, oh, can you feel the silence?
Cm A#
I can't take it anymore,
G# D# A#
'cause it is not enough to be dumbstruck, oh
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