Senses Fail - Safe House
GF
I'm climbing out of the hole that I've been digging
EF
throwing out all the blueprints I had drawn up for the safe house.
GF
I've stashed away enough food for forty days, gallons of water
EF
first aid and propane and some wine to entertain.
EBb
I'm always planning for the worst.
F
I signed my will right after birth.
EF
I've got my eulogy rehearsed.
GEb
I fall to pieces and I get weak in the knees
BF
when I think about eternity.
GEb
Have I been led astray? Feeling like fate forgot me
BFGm
He had the right name but the wrong street.
GF
I'm pulling nails out from the coffin
Eb
I'm gasping for air. my eyes are full just
F
like the moon, I've got a silver bullet stare.
GF
The holy grail that I once thought was fiction but
EF
the fact is that it's not in communion with my thoughts.
EBF
The vultures circle overhead, hanging like halos for the dead
EF
But I'm not suited for one yet.
GEb
I fall to pieces and I get weak in the knees
BF
when I think about eternity.
GEb
Have I been led astray? Feeling like they forgot me
BFEb
He had the right name but the wrong street.
EBF
I'm a number in a lottery.
EBFGm
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Life's a boardwalk game god rigged to cheat.
GmFCm
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GmFCm
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BFEb
As the snow falls all along the peaks
My mind's an avalanche I'm digging through to reach
BFEb
All the things I tried to shove down deep
My mind's an avalanche I'm digging through to reach.
EF
and I could run but with its speed,
GFEb
...
I'm bound to be buried here underneath
EF
A tidal wave triggered to teach that
GFEb
life on an island isn't what it seems
CEF
I'm cutting off my toes just so that I can spite my feet.
GEb
I fall to pieces and I get weak in the knees
BF
when I think about eternity.
GEb
Have I been led astray? Feeling like they forgot me
BFGm
He had the right name but the wrong street.