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There is a man in this world, who has never smiled
Emadd9
You may know his tragedy, the later years, by heart
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In the beginning, there was a mother, a father, and a child
EmBmCD
A troubled little silent boy, whose life they worked to destroy
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Known to us from this day on by his father, Caleb
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[VERSE]
EmBmCDA
His mother came up with such a clever way to save the day with a little white lie
EmBmCDA
He thinks he missed the point back then, but now he's grown to understand it, in a way
EmBmCD
Father said "I'm sorry" only once, as I remember
EmBmCD
The words were not meant to hurt, only destroy you, my stupid son
AmBmCD
One person can make a difference, sometimes
AmBmCD
Just turn his head when the kid is still and has a weak neck
N.C.
Smiled at his funeral, "happy you're dead."
EmBmCDA
All his solutions, it seemed, were only problems in disguise
EmBmCDA
Glueing on his drinkin' face, got ready to erase another day
[CHORUS]
GmEbGmEbBb
Mother was yet confident, although they had it tight, taught her son
CmD
At the end of every tunnel's a little light
GmEbGmEb
It wasn't a lie, it was her hope, that everything would be fine one day
BbCmD
He can fulfill his every dream, I'm happy as long as he's not
[KEY CHANGE]
EbFGD
I hate it and fear can't face it
EbFGD
The child is not right, he's my greatest shame
EbFGD
Go out, create thunder, and stand right under
FGA
That old apple tree where dead snakes let him feed on those
BbmGbAbDbBbm
Lost hopes, all those kind words could hurt him even more, now
GbAbDbDb/C
Somehow, lost one more way back home
[VERSE]
EmBmCDA
Out on the lake, he rows towards a monster he should've been running away from, years ago
EmBmCDA
The past had made him blind to the way he'd turned the pain into a way of life
[CHORUS]
GmEbGmEb
Followed his father, tucked him in, Caleb knows the trade
BbCmDGm
He's the portrait of a man his mother drew to hate forever
EbGmEb
She was a beast, a deadly saint, wrong in many ways
BbCmD
Wanted to keep up the charade, until the end waltzing together
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[BRIDGE]
EmC
Over the hills, under the sea, fighting the will, whole Universe
GAmB
Why does a man driving a hearse live in fear, Gift and a Curse
F#mD
Taking 'em out, taking 'em all, shooting the wall, over and out
ABmC#F#m
When nothing moves, all's well, a decision he can find a way to live with
D
...And dried up flowers are so beautiful
ABmC#
And it applies to all things living, and dead
EmBmCDEmBmCDA
For that I serve my time... in my suite in Hell
EmBmCDEmBmCDAmBmCDAmBmCDF#mC#mDE
Now I ring the bell to tell the world
F#mC#mDEF#m
I'm ready when they bring out the soon to be dead against the wall
C#mDABmC#F#mC#mDABmC#
Oooh.. This necessary evil has no heart
F#mD
Flowers and people he will now enlace
ABmC#
A price he must pay serving a cold ..whatever God
[OUTRO]
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