[Verse]
Am I more than you bargained for yet?
I've been dying to tell you
Anything you want to hear
[little lick thing]
'Cause that's just who I am this week
Lie in the grass next to the mausoleum
I'm just a notch in your bedpost, but you're just a line in a song
(Notch in your bedpost, but you're just a line in a song)
[Pre Chorus]
Drop a heart
And break a name
We're always sleeping in and sleeping
For the wrong team
[Chorus]
We're going down, down in an earlier round
And sugar, we're going down swinging
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it
[do with the octaves on D then E for the B (999) chord]
We're going down, down in an earlier round
And sugar, we're going down swinging
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it
[Verse - mute on the D]
Is this more than you bargained for yet?
Oh, don't mind me, I'm watching
You two from the closet
Wishing to be the friction in your jeans
[octaves to D diade with a funky rhythm]
Isn't it messed up how I'm just dying to be him?
I'm just a notch in your bedpost, but you're just a line in a song
Notch in your bedpost, but you're just a line in a song
[Pre Chorus]
Drop a heart
And break a name
We're always sleeping in and sleeping
For the wrong team
[Chorus]
We're going down, down in an earlier round
And sugar, we're going down swinging
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it
[with octaves]
We're going down, down in an earlier round
And sugar, we're going down swinging
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it
[Bridge]
D ring
Down, down in an earlier round
And sugar, we're going down swinging
G ring
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it
D ring
We're going down, down in an earlier round (Take aim at myself)
And sugar, we're going down swinging (Take back what you said))
G ring
I'll be your number one with a bullet (Take aim at myself)
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it
[other cool like]
We're going down, down (down, down)
Down, down (down, down)
We're going down, down (down, down))
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it
[back in full]
We're going down, down in an earlier round (Take aim at myself)
And sugar, we're going down swinging (Take back what you said)
I'll be your number one with a bullet (Take aim at myself)
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it
[Intro]
If you're listening (whoa oh-oh-oh-oh)
Sing it back (whoa oh-oh-oh-oh)
String from your tether unwinds
(String from your tether unwinds)
(Whoa oh, whoa oh)
Up and outward to bind
(Up and outward to bind)
(Whoa oh, whoa oh)
[Chorus]
I was spinning free (whoa oh-oh-oh-oh)
With a little sweet and simple numbing me
[Verse]
Are you listening? (Whoa oh-oh-oh-oh)
Sing it back (whoa oh-oh-oh-oh)
So tell me what do I need?
(Tell me what do I need?)
(Whoa oh, whoa oh)
When words lose their meaning
(When words lose their meaning)
(Whoa oh, whoa oh)
[Chorus]
I was spinning free (whoa oh-oh-oh-oh)
With a little sweet and simple numbing me, yeah
[muting turn around]
Stumble 'til you crawl (whoa oh-oh-oh-oh)
Sinking into sweet uncertainty
[Bridge]
G Bb F 2x
Oooooooo
G Bb F 2x
Oooooooo (Ahhhhhhh)
Fsus
Are you listening? Are you listening?
[Verse]
F G D
If you're listening (whoa oh-oh-oh-oh)
(If you're listening, are you listening?)
Sing it back (whoa oh-oh-oh-oh)
(If you're listening, are you listening?)
And I'm still running away
(I'm still running away)
(Whoa oh, whoa oh) (Whoa oh, whoa oh)
I won't play your hide and seek game
(Won't play your hide and seek game)
(Whoa oh, whoa oh) whoa oh (as an echo)
I was spinning free (whoa oh-oh-oh-oh)
With a little sweet and simple numbing me
[muting turning around]
What a dizzy dance (whoa oh-oh-oh-oh)
Bb C F (with that bend thing)
The sweetness will not be concerned with me
(whoaa ohhh)
Bb C F
No, the sweetness will not be concerned with me
(whoaa ohhh)
Bb C F
No, the sweetness will not be concerned with me
(whoaa ohhh)
F to end
Do you worry that you're not liked
How long 'til you break
You're happy cause you smile
But how much can you fake
An ordinary boy, an ordinary name
But ordinary's just not good enough today
No, a woo oo
Ow, a woo oo
Ow, a woo oo
Alone
Alone
Alone
Alone
Alone
Alone
Alone
I'm thinking
Why-eieieie yeah, is Superman dead
Eieieie, yeah, is it in my head?
Eieieie, yeah, we'll just laugh instead
You worry about the weather
Whether not you should hate hate hate
Are you worried about your faith
Kneel down and obey
You're happy you're in love
You need someone to hate
An ordinary girl, an ordinary waist
But ordinary's just not good enough today
Alone
Alone
Alone
Alone
Alone
Alone
Alone
I'm thinking
Why-eieieie yeah, is Superman dead
Eieieie, yeah, is it in my head?
Eieieie, yeah, we'll just laugh instead
You worry about the weather
Whether not you should hate hate hate
No, a woo wo
Ow, a woo wo
Ow, a woo wo
Why-eieieie yeah
Why-eieieie yeah
Why-eieieie yeah
Why-eieieie yeah
Doesn't anybody ever know
Doesn't anybody ever know
Doesn't anybody ever know
That the world's a subway, subway
Doesn't any, any, any, any, any
That the world's a subway, subway, hie
I was born long ago
I am the chosen, I'm the one
I have come to save the day
And I won't leave until I'm done
So that's why you've got to try
You got to breath and have some fun
Though I'm not paid, I play this game
And I won't stop until I'm done
But what I really want to know is
Are you gonna go my way?
And I got to, got to know
I don't know why we always cry
This we must leave and get undone
We must engage and rearrange
And turn this planet back to one
So tell me why we got to die
And kill each other one by one?
We've got to hug and rub-a-dub
We've got to dance and be in love
But what I really want to know is
Are you gonna go my way?
And I got to got to know
Are you gonna go my way?
'Cause baby I got to know, yeah
I've been drowned out by the rain
Still I'm wishing I could stay
But I'm sorry, my old friend
I've got to leave you once again
And despite what I might say
Measure pleasure by the pain
Measure pleasure by the twisting
Of the metal in the vein
And it might be very hard
Can't be more than what we are
Can't be more till it's over
Here comes the resurrection
Everybody's got to die from something
Nothing ever left to leave you when you go
I saw you strip my babies
Animal, the way you cut them might be
Animal, the way I cut you from below
So you goad me into spite
It's the cruelty that you like
It's the waiting for the one thing
That you never could define
Fill the longing just because
Emasculates the ones you love
Have to wait till it's over
We are the less than mighty
Never was a way I thought it could be
Never quite enough to leave you when you go
I saw you strip my babies
Animal, the way you cut them might be
Animal, the way I cut you from below
I've been drowned out by the rain
Still I'm wishing I could stay
But I'm sorry, my old friend
I've got to leave you once again
And despite what I might say
Measure pleasure by the pain
Measure pleasure by the twisting
Of the metal in the vein
And it might be very hard
Can't be more than what we are
Can't be more till it's over
Here comes the resurrection
Everybody's got to die from something
Nothing ever left to leave you when you go
I saw you strip my babies
Animal, the way you cut them might be
Animal, the way I cut you from below
And if anger is the ending
Of the things that we've become
For the mother and the father
And the sister and the son
Through the shallow without wanting
Realisation to mistake
In the ugliness, the open
All the things we can't replace
I will control
I will control
I will control
I will control
I will control
I will control
I will control
I will control
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
D/A Am
I had visions, I was in them, I was looking into the mirror
C C/B D/A
to see a little bit clearer, the rottenness and evil in me
D/A Am
Fingertips have memories, mine can't forget the curves of your body
C C/B D/A
And when I feel a bit naughty, I run it up the flagpole and see
who salutes, but no one ever does
[Chorus]
D/A C/A C Cadd4 D/A
I'm not sick but I'm not well, and I'm so hot, cause I'm in hell
[Verse 2]
D/A Am
Been around the world and found that only stupid people are breeding
C C/B D/A
The cretins cloning and feeding, and I don't even own a TV
D/A Am
Put me in the hospital for nerves and then they had to commit me
C C/B D/A
You told them all I was crazy, they cut off my legs now
I'm an amputee, god damn you
[Chorus]
D/A C/A C Cadd4 D/A
I'm not sick but I'm not well, and I'm so hot, cause I'm in hell
D/A C/A C Cadd4 D/A
I'm not sick but I'm not well, and it's a sin, to live so well
[Bridge]
A G F/C
I wanna publish 'zines, and rage against machines
D2/F# A
I wanna pierce my tongue, it doesn't hurt, it feels fine
G F/C
The trivial sublime, I'd like to turn off time
D2/F# D9/F# D2/F# D9/F#
and kill my mind, you kill my mind
[Verse 3]
D/A Am
Paranoia, paranoia, everybody's comin' to get me
C C/B D/A
Just say you never met me, I'm going underground with the moles (digging holes)
D/A Am
Hear the voices in my head, I swear to god it sounds like they're snoring
C C/B D/A
But if you're bored then you're boring, the agony and the irony
they're killing me...woah
[Chorus]
D/A C/A C Cadd4 D/A
I'm not sick but I'm not well, and I'm so hot cause I'm in hell
D/A C/A C Cadd4 D/A
I'm not sick but I'm not well, and it's a sin to live so well
[Verse 1]
G
I'm through with standing in line, to clubs I'll never get in
C
It's like the bottom of the ninth and I'm never gonna win
F G
This life hasn't turned out quite the way I want to be.
Tell me what you want
G
I want a brand new house on an episode of Cribs
C
And a bathroom I can play baseball in
F G
And a king size tub big enough for ten plus me
Uh so what ya need
G
I need a, a credit card that's got no limit
C
And a big black jet with a bedroom in it
F G
Gonna join the mile high club at thirty-seven thousand feet
Been there, done that
G
I want a new tour bus full of old guitars
C
My own star on Hollywood Boulevard
F G
Somewhere between Cher and James Dean is fine for me
So how you gonna do it
[Pre-Chorus]
Bb
I'm gonna trade this life for fortune and fame
C
I'd even cut my hair and change my name
[Chorus]
G
Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars
Bb
And live in hilltop houses driving 15 cars
C
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
Eb F
We'll all stay skinny cause we just won't eat and we'll
G Bb
Hang out in the coolest bars, in the VIP with the movie stars
C
Every good gold digger's gonna wind up there
Eb F
Every playboy bunny with her bleached blonde hair and we'll
Bb C G
Hey, hey I wanna be a rockstar
Bb C G
Hey, hey I wanna be a rockstar
[Verse 2]
G
I wanna be great like Elvis without the tassels
C
Hire eight body guards that love to beat up assholes
F G
Sign a couple autographs so I can eat my meals for free
I'll have the quesadilla
G
I'm gonna dress my ass with the latest fashion
C
Get a front door key to the Playboy mansion
F G
Gonna date a centerfold that loves to blow my money for me
So how ya gonna do it
[Pre-Chorus]
Bb
I'm gonna trade this life for fortune and fame
C
I'd even cut my hair and change my name
[Chorus]
G
Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars
Bb
And live in hilltop houses driving 15 cars
C
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
Eb F
We'll all stay skinny cause we just won't eat and we'll
G Bb
Hang out in the coolest bars, in the VIP with the movie stars
C
Every good gold digger's gonna wind up there
Eb F
Every playboy bunny with her bleached blonde hair and we'll
G
And we'll hide out in the private rooms
Bb
With the latest dictionary of today's who's who
C
They'll get you anything with that evil smile
Eb F
Everybody's got a drug dealer on speed dial
Bb C G
Hey, hey I wanna be a rockstar
Bb C G
Hey, hey I wanna be a rockstar
[Bridge]
Eb
I'm gonna sing those songs that offend the censors
Bb
Gonna pop my pills from a Pez dispenser
Eb
Get washed-up singers writing all my songs
C F
Lip sync 'em every night so I don't get 'em wrong
[Chorus]
G
Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars
Bb
And live in hilltop houses driving 15 cars
C
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
Eb F
We'll all stay skinny cause we just won't eat and we'll
G Bb
Hang out in the coolest bars, in the VIP with the movie stars
C
Every good gold digger's gonna wind up there
Eb F
Every playboy bunny with her bleached blonde hair and we'll
G
And we'll hide out in the private rooms
Bb
With the latest dictionary of today's who's who
C
They'll get you anything with that evil smile
Eb F
Everybody's got a drug dealer on speed dial
Bb C G
Hey, hey I wanna be a rockstar
Bb C G
Hey, hey I wanna be a rockstar
Give me a word
Give me a sign
Show me where to look
Tell me what will I find?
What will I find?
Lay me on the ground
Or fly me in the sky
Show me where to look
Tell me what will I find?
What will I find?
Whoa. Heaven, let your light shine down
Whoa. Heaven, let your light shine down
Whoa. Heaven, let your light shine down
Whoa. Heaven, let your light shine down
Love is in the water
Love is in the air
Show me where to look
Tell me will love be there?
Will love be there?
Teach me how to speak
Teach me how to share
Teach me where to go
Tell me will love be there?
Will love be there?
Whoa. Heaven, let your light shine down
Whoa. Heaven, let your light shine down
Whoa. Heaven, let your light shine down
Whoa. Heaven, let your light shine down
Give me a word
Give me a sign
Show me where to look
Tell me what will I find?
What will I find?
Lay me on the ground
Or fly me in the sky
Show me where to look
Tell me what will I find?
What will I find?
Whoa. Heaven, let your light shine down
Whoa. Heaven, let your light shine down
Whoa. Heaven, let your light shine down
Whoa. Heaven, let your light shine down
I'm gonna let it shine, I'm gonna let it shine
Heaven, send a light. Let it shine on me
Hey, yeah, hey, yeah
Heaven, send a light. Let it shine on me
(Shine) Shine on me. Hey, hey, yeah-hey-yeah
(Shine) Well, come on and shine
Hey, don't write yourself off yet
It's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on
Just try your best, try everything you can
And don't you worry what they tell themselves when you're away
It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be alright, alright
Hey, you know they're all the same
You know you're doing better on your own (on your own), so don't buy in
Live right now, yeah, just be yourself
It doesn't matter if it's good enough (good enough) for someone else
It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be alright, alright
It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be alright, alright
Hey, don't write yourself off yet
It's only in your head you feel left out (feel left out) or looked down on
Just do your best (just do your best), do everything you can (do everything you can)
And don't you worry what the bitter hearts (bitter hearts) are gonna say
It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be alright, alright
It just takes some time
Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be alright
Coming out of my cage and I've been doing just fine
Gotta, gotta be down, because I want it all
It started out with a kiss, how did it end up like this?
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
Now I'm falling asleep and she's calling a cab
While he's having a smoke and she's taking a drag
Now they're going to bed and my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head, but she's touching his
Chest now, he takes off her
Dress now, let me go
And I just can't look, it's killing me
They're taking control
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies, choking on your alibis
But it's just the price I pay, destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes, 'cause I'm Mr. Brightside
I'm coming out of my cage and I've been doing just fine
Gotta, gotta be down, because I want it all
It started out with a kiss, how did it end up like this?
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
Now I'm falling asleep and she's calling a cab
While he's having a smoke and she's taking a drag
Now they're going to bed and my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head, but she's touching his
Chest now, he takes off her
Dress now, let me go
'Cause I just can't look, it's killing me
They're taking control
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies, choking on your alibis
But it's just the price I pay, destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes, 'cause I'm Mr. Brightside
I never...
I never...
I never...
I never...
I took a drive today
Time to emancipate
I guess it was the beatings
Made me wise
But I'm not about to give thanks
Or apologize
I couldn't breathe
Holding me down
Hand on my face
Pushed to the ground
Enmity gauged
United by fear
Forced to endure
What I could not forgive
I seem to look away
The wounds in the mirror waved
It wasn't my surface
Most defiled
Head at your feet
Fool to your crown
Fist on my plate
Swallowed it down
Enmity gauged
United by fear
Tried to endure
What I could not forgive, yeah
Saw things, saw things
Saw things, saw things
Clearer, clearer
Once you were in my rear-view mirror
I gathered speed from you fucking with me
Once and for all
I'm far away
Hard to believe
Finally the shades are raised
Hey, yeah
Saw things so much clearer
(Once you, once you) Rear-view mirror
Saw things so much clearer
(Once you, once you) Rear-view mirror
Saw things so much clearer
(Once you, once you) Rear-view mirror
Saw things so much clearer
(Once you) Oh yeah