Key: A major•
Verse 1
A
F#m
Nothing can be done
E
A
No matter how we remain in denial,
yeah
Wasting time,
F#m
Bm
replacing time with each empty excuse
E
A
But that'll only work a little while
Bm
E
Coping with despair,
A
F#m
Bm
knowing you're not there
E
A
Ashamed to just admit I've been a fool
Bm
E
A
So I blame it on the son,
F#m
Bm
run away from every one
E
A
Hoping to escape this ridicule
C#m
F#m
Trapped in misery,
C#m
F#m
wrapped so miserably
E
A
I wear it like a skin
C#m
F#m
Dying to maintain,
C#m
F#m
oh I keep trying to explain
Bm
E
A
A heart that never loved me to begin
Bm
E
Oh I'm such a mess,
A
F#m
I have no choice but to confess
Bm
E
That I've been desperately
A
Bm
trying to belong
E
A
Lieing to myself and
F#m
Bm
everybody else
E
A
Refusing to admit my right was wrong,
Verse 2
F#m
C#m
Praise and meditation,
A
F#m
and then he came
F#m
Bm
Selah, oh and it means
A
F#m
and then he came
C#m
A
That it is seen
Verse 3
in denial of its roots
Bm
E
A
My guilty heart behaves so foolishly
This treason from within that
Bm
E
Won't be happy 'til
Bm
E
A
Selfishly addicted to
Bm
E
Conflicted 'cause it's
A
Bm
not reality
A
F#m
Bm
I beg you desper ately
E
A
Cause me to agree with what
Bm
E
Please save me from my self,
A
F#m
I need you, save me from my self
Bm
E
Please save me from myself
A
C#m
so I can heal
C#m
F#m
oh have been nothing but mistakes
Bm
E
A
What a wasted use of space,
C#m
F#m
In all of my religion,
C#m
F#m
I've fortified this prison
Bm
E
A
Obligated to obey the demands
Bm
E
Please save me from myself
A
F#m
I need you to save me from myself
Bm
E
A
E
Please save me from myself so I can heal
Verse 4
A
F#m
and then he came
A
F#m
And he came
F#m
C#m
A
F#m
Med itation, and then he came
Interlude 1
A
F#m
Bm
E
A
F#m
Bm
E
A
C#m
F#m
C#m
F#m
Bm
E
A
C#m
F#m
C#m
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Bm
E
A
Bm
E
A
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Bm
E
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Bm
E
A
F#m
Bm
E
A
Verse 5
A
F#m
Bm
C#m
And then he came
F#m
Bm
F#m
C#m
then he came
A
F#m
Bm
C#m
And then he
Outro 1
F#m
Bm
C#m
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA F#m Bm E C#m
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