My Tears Ricochet

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[First Part]

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  We gather here, we line up
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Weeping in a sunlit room
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And   if I'm on fire, you'll be 
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made of ashes too
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Even on my worst day,  did I deserve
 babe
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   All the hell you gave me
Am
  'Cause I loved you
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  I swear I loved you   'til 
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my dying day

[Chorus]

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        I didn't have it in 
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myself to go with grace
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And you're the hero flying around 
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saving face
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And if I'm dead to you, why are 
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you at the wake
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Cursing my name, wishing I stayed
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Look at how my tears ricochet

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[Second Part]

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  We gather stones, never 
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knowing what they'll mean
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  Some to throw, some to make a 
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diamond ring
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  You know I didn't want to   have 
to haunt you
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  But what a ghostly scene
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  You wear the same jewels  that 
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I gave you  as you bury me

[Chorus]

C    Dm           Am          F
        I didn't have it in 
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myself to go with grace
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'Cause when I'd fight, you used to 
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tell me I   was brave
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And if I'm dead to you, why are 
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you at the wake
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Cursing my name, wishing I stayed
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Look at how my tears ricochet

[Bridge]

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  And I can go anywhere I want
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Anywhere I want, just not home
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And you can aim for my heart, go 
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for blood
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But you would still miss me in your
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 bones
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And I still  talk to you    (When 
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I'm screaming at the sky)
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And when you can't sleep at night 
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 (You hear my stolen lullabies)

[Chorus]

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I didn't have it in myself to go 
        C     Dm
with grace
            Am                F
And so the battleships will sink 
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beneath  the waves
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You had to kill me, but it killed 
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you just the same
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Cursing my name, wishing I stayed
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You turned into your worst fears
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  And you're tossing out blame, 
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drunk on this pain,
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Crossing out the good years
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And you're    cursing my name, 
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wishing I stayed
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Look at how my tears ricochet

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