Verse
D#m F#
I'll keep the timing of all you said
C# D#m
Set it back in your head
D#m F#
Creep slowly around like the living dead
C# D#m
I may never be the same again
D#m F#
We're safe but only when the lights are on
C# D#m
Soon enough there's something wrong
D#m F#
The timing of all you said
C# D#m
How do I get it out of my head
[Chorus]
D#m B
I'm placing bets. I'm writing checks.
F#
To keep on living
G#m
Keep on living
Living
D#m
I'm counting heads
B
Trying hard to forget
F#
The ones that I'm missing
G#m
The ones that I'm missing
Missing
Missing
[Verse]
D#m F#
Wet blanket words you've given me
C# D#m
Never ever will they set me free
D#m F#
I tucked myself in patiently
C# D#m
Covered my mirrors so I couldn't see
D#m F# C#
You wake me up when you're on time
D#m
I've been sleeping all my life
D#m F#
My destiny in your bed
C# D#m
How do I get it out of my head
B F# C#
And when the sun goes down I wonder
D#m
Where your head hits the pillow
B F# C#
It's like hearing lightning, seeing thunder.
[Chorus]
D#m B
I'm placing bets. I'm writing checks.
F#
To keep on living
G#m
Keep on living
Living
D#m
I'm counting heads
B
Trying hard to forget
F#
The ones that I'm missing
G#m
The ones that I'm missing
Missing
Missing
[Verse]
(N.C.)
There was a time when I thought that I had lost my faith
It took a while but I realized it was misplaced
And it's a style to pretend like you are far from grace
To run a mile
Just to find you were in the right place
(repeat 2 more times with chorus played over top)
[Chorus]
D#m B
I'm placing bets. I'm writing checks.
F#
To keep on living
G#m
Keep on living
Living
D#m
I'm counting heads
B
Trying hard to forget
F#
The ones that I'm missing
G#m
The ones that I'm missing
Missing
Missing
[Verse]
D#m B
I'm placing bets. I'm writing checks.
F#
To keep on living
G#m
Keep on living
Living
D#m
I'm counting heads
B
Trying hard to forget
F#
The ones that I'm missing
G#m
The ones that I'm missing
Missing
Missing