Staged Reality chords by The Chase

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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Before
Test my mind, can't take no more
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You think you found a
way to get along today,
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but how can you be sure?
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I close my mind and drift away
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if only to get through and pass the time
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I've been around and won't come down
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in time to see the situation light
Wear a mask to hide your soul
You wanna rock but don't wanna roll
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Got no way to choose between
the truth you hear
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and what you think you know
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Your hands are tied behind your back
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to stop you reaching out and taking more
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You do  enough, don't say too much,
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enough to keep the darkness from your door
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Got you backed up against the wall
You hide your face,
it won't break your fall
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You find it hard to say just what you mean
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If what you mean you say at all
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An empty smile
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that will make a day complete to you
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But what you've got to show
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And in  your head, you can't process the
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time it takes to get to where you go
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Try to frame your life inside a day
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in time to stop you getting old
Try to paint with words,
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but you know words,
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they're just the sounds of we are sold
Stuck within an empty dream,
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I've hoped you've gone,
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feel an empty day
And nothing can prepare you
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for the truth that says you'll
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never get away
You're talking on the phone
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just to receive the dream
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you think you thought you had
The never -ending waiting
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for the love they give you
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No, it's just too bad
Work so hard to live inside
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the thought that tells you
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One day you'll be free
You know when it comes
down to what you beat
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It's just a stage reality
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