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As If By Design chords by 
Dawes
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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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The stars were just the holes
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punched in a shoebox
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That gives the creature all the air he
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needs to breathe
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As if every constellation was
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just a form of innovation
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From a captor too enorm
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ous to conceive
Verse 2
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The moon beamed like a coach
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from junior high school
When players hacked their way
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through each opposing team
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And the brighter it was shining,
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felt like the wider he was smiling
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On a season that he
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loved too much to leave
Verse 3
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When you stare off in the night sometimes
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you see a little too much
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Sometimes there's a world behind the mirror,
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sometimes a razor and a toothbrush
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When in those fleeting moments
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when the stars all seem aligned
It all runs together,
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as if by design
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Verse 4
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The boat out in the middle of the ocean
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Is like the butterfly just breathing
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on the sea
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Giving all of its attention to this
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new and strange reflection
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Not recognize that's what
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it used to be
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Verse 5
When you stare off in the night sometimes
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you see a little too much
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Sometimes there's a world behind the mirror,
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sometimes a razor and a toothbrush
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When in those fleeting moments
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when the stars all seem aligned
It all runs together,
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as if by design
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Verse 6
Bm
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Every day getting a little
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More aquainted with the riddles
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Until I'm looking for them everywhere I go
Interlude 1
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Bm
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Bm
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Em
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Am
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Verse 7
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When you stare off in the night sometimes
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you see a little too much
Sometimes there's a world behind the mirror,
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sometimes a razor and a toothbrush
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When in those fleeting moments
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when the stars all seem aligned
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It all runs together, as if by design
As if by design
Outro 1
As if by design
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