The Drowning Years

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This is the life of a woman with 
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demons
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The first time we met I was sure 
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she was steaming
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This is my life, this is my life 
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- What a life
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Life isn’t precious and life 
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isn’t sacred
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Sometimes release only comes 
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when you meet death
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A night of reprieve we were 
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wrecked when we slept in the park
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When we woke in the morning you 
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cried
                        Am  Em  F  G
 (x2)
could I squeeze out the dark

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(CHORUS)
Am          Em          F       
Destroy the noises that make all
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 the voices and
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Get them out of my head
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Bring on the screaming and I’ll 
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take your demons now
Am       Em        F   E(G instead 
of E on final CHORUS)
that I’m already dead

(2nd VERSE – same as 1st)
Days of release when she almost felt
 better
Gradually faded and words couldn’t 
get her
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Where is the light, where is the 
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light, get the light
Fearless and clear all her doubts 
had been cast off
Her last night alive is a nightmare 
I’m part of
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Dreams are a lie, if dreams are a
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 lie - So am I
Dm                              Dm  
                   Am  Em  F  G (x2)
If thats all there is then I might 
as well get in the fire

(TO CHORUS than to below)

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Oh how the rights of the 
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righteous kept coming
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Shining before like the day
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I stand before them and cried 
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that you’re dying your way


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I’m still not sure if the right 
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and the wrong side is one