Intro
D#m F# C# B D#m C# x2
[Verse 1]
D#m
The snow on the screen
F# C#
We're going light speed tonight
B
Like Bonnie and Clyde
D#m C#
Except we don't die tonight
D#m
And the blister packs, coats
F# C#
And crumpled up notes appear
B
It's a break from the swill
D#m C#
The piss they distill around here
[Pre-Chorus]
B
It's a break from the swill
D#m C#
The piss they distill around here
[Chorus 1]
D#m7
Lift off of this
B
Metropolis
F#
When this town comes down
C# B
I wish, I wish
D#m7
My first degree
B
Emergency
F#
Is kettled by your cavalry
C# B
I wish, I wish
[Verse 2]
D#m
The cash machine queens
F# C#
When ambulance teams arrive
B
In their skeletal jeans
D#m C#
They take refugees for wives
D#m
When their collars get felt
F# C#
Their glorified belts won't keep you warm
B
We'll run up the strand
D#m
Your wrist in my hand,
C# D#m F#
we know we're born
[Pre-Chorus]
C# D#m F#
Yeah I know I'm born
C# D#m F#
Yeah I know I'm born
[Chorus 1]
D#m7
Lift off of this
B
Metropolis
F#
When this town comes down
C# B
I wish, I wish
D#m7
My first degree
B
Emergency
F#
Is kettled by your cavalry
C# B
I wish, I wish
[Interlude]
D#m F# B B |
D#m C# F# B | x6
D#m F# B
[Bridge]
B
When all of your friends are my enemies
C# D#m F#
Wishing me gone as I'm running away
B
And my only defence is the worst of me
C# D#m F#
Out in the open for all to survey
B
When you settle for less than I promised you
C# D#m F#
Knowing that all of our barrels are scraped
B
If it seems like it's harder to say to you
C# D#m7
It's cause some things are just harder to say
[Outro]
(Bm7) B F# C# B
Ooooohho Ohooooooo Ohhohhooo Ohohooooo
D#m7
Lift off of this
B
Metropolis
F#
When this town comes down
C# B B
I wish, I wish