Pressing On A Bruise

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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You were a pain girl, a thorn in 
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my side
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Drove me insane girl, a 
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white-knuckle ride
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So why do I go lookin' through old 
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photographs
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And chase you down the hallways of 
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our checkered past
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Hold on for dear life and keep the
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 fire fed
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I oughta let go but instead


[Chorus]
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It's like I'm pressing on a bruise
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To see if it still hurts
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Right now that's all I've got left
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 of you
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Everybody knows that just makes it 
worse
     A      D
But still I do


[Verse 2]
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I could start a new life, I could 
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move on
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I could do a drive by, and see if 
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you're home
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Now there's a fine, fine line 
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between a memory
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And something any shrink would call
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 an injury
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But it's not over long as you're 
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still hurtin' me
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And as I turn onto your street


[Chorus]
               A
It's like I'm pressing on a bruise
   D
To see if it still hurts
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Right now that's all I've got left
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 of you
A                D
Everybody knows that just makes it 
worse
     A      D
But still I do


[Bridge]
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Still I do, still I do, still love 
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you


[Verse 3]
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But she's the kind of girl puts your
 world on hold
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Walk the halls and you check your 
phone
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Gave up the ghost and the ghost 
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keeps holdin' on
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And you run from the sun but you 
curse the rain
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Lost the love so you nurse the pain
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Goin' on and on, singin' that same 
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song
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But she's gone
(I can't let it alone)
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And you get drunk on those glory 
days
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(I can't just let it heal)
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With a broken heart and a bitter 
taste
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(No, I can't just let it go)
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Well, you light it up as she burns 
you down
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(I can't just let it heal)
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You're smokin' those memories to the
 ground
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(Like I'm pressing on a bruise)
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Yeah, that's the thing about love 
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and pain
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They may look alike but they're not
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 the same

(No, I can't just let it go)
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You've got to let it go go go
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(No, I can't just let it heal)