Brace Yourself

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Sirens and lights going off, but it's still dark.
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Streetlight too bright. It burns our eyes and leaves a mark.
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What happened tonight, with eighteen matches and a spark?
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This story writes itself. It's called "One-Thousand Reasons We Should Be Apart".



[Break 1]
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[Verse 2]
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Retrace our steps here.  Your face was framed inside your smoke.
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Never show fear. So sip your gin and make a joke.
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One last swig of beer - and that must be when I awoke
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to the cold, metallic steel of these six full chambers pointed at my throat.



[Chorus 1]
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Like a splinter slice divides us, like it's black and white and gray.
    C#                               A            B
Two seconds could be all we last, so lie in our decay.
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Like a fire engine siren screams the songs of our demise -
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You look right down the barrel of your gun into my eyes



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[Verse 3]
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Shattered silence - barrel one twists and we blink.
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Reactive violence - the silk smoke begins to sink.
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So still defiance, and all that's left is time to think.
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And that's when I awake again to say "it's time to get another fucking drink."



[Chorus 2]
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Like a splinter slice divides us, like it's black and white and gray.
    C#                               A            B
Two seconds could be all we last, so lie in our decay.
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Like a fire engine siren screams the songs of our demise -
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The perils of our passioned thoughts fill cold and ashen skies.
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Seconds pass but nothing lasts, each day a hero dies.
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You look right down the barrel of your gun into my eyes.



[Other]
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