Testo Empty Lives

Testo Empty Lives

Esus4 Em Cmaj7 I'm just a tick in a box on a questionnaire Esus4 Em Cmaj7 another moment that flashes into nowhere Esus4 Em Cmaj7 C a brand name on a pill that gets you there, ah ah ah ah Esus4 Em Cmaj7 I'm getting nothing and expecting oblivion Esus4 Em Cmaj7 the past ain't even worth livin' in Esus4 Em Cmaj7 C D7 its just a nail that keeps being driven in ah ah ah ah Esus4 Em Cmaj7 I'm cold blooded and completely relaxed Esus4 Em Cmaj7 I'm breaking legs and avoiding the facts Esus4 Em Cmaj7 C on the up escalator going down all the cracks, yeah ah ah ah ah Esus4 Em Cmaj7 You are the dummies of another frightened nation Esus4 Em Cmaj7 I am a candidate for elevation Em Dsus4 C but when i woke up this morning I'd lost all sensation D7 all sensation Em C Am So get them, get him, but don't get me Bm Em C ah uh ah ah can't hear your cries Am Bm C so don't get me to fill up your empty lives Em Cmaj7 Em l i i i i ives Empty lives Cmaj7 Em Cmaj7 Em Cmaj7 Your empty lives Empty lives Esus4 Em Cmaj7 Be obedient, there is no escape Esus4 Em Cmaj7 Forms to fill, time to kill love death and rape Esus4 Em Cmaj7 C Sleep baby sleep, don't let nothing awaken you ahhhhhhhh Esus4 Em Cmaj7 Don't look for tomorrow, it's given you the slip Esus4 Em Cmaj7 that's all contained on a silicon chip Em Dsus4 C I'm losing shape for the eighties feeling everybody's grip slip D7 everybody's grip slip Em C Am So get them, get him, but don't get me Bm Em C ah uh ah ah can't hear your cries Am Bm C so don't get me to fill up your empty lives Em D l i i i i ives Empty lives C Just there waiting to be filled D with someone else's stronger will Am C Just can't reason to survive with empty empty D you got the empty empty, You got the empty empty, empty lives! Yeah! (solo) Esus4 Em Cmaj7 Bring me water, bring me cocaine Esus4 Em Cmaj7 Bring me something lethal, something that leaves a stain Em Dsus4 C But please don't make me feel that emptiness again D7 Feel the emptiness again Em C Am So get them, get him, but don't get me Bm Em C ah uh ah ah get fat it's your size but Am Bm C don't get me to fill up your empty Am Bm C don't get me to fill up your empty Am Bm C don't get me to fill up your empty lives Em Cmaj7 Em l i i i i i i i ives Your empty lives Cmaj7 Em Your empty lives repeat and fade with ad libbing on don't get me to end on chorus
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