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Verse 1:
She spent the A#mnight out with a guy
Who gives atG#tention when she cries herself to C#sleep
I heard her G#say
So, she A#mgives him what he wants
As G#long as he can make her feel oC#kay
But she's not oG#sus4kayG#  
Chorus:
F#We avoid the topics
We C#make the kids have secrets
A#mWhen they are exposed
G#And everyone else knows
We'll F#say we never knew it
C#/FThat they had a problem
'Cause A#m/D#if we would have known
We C#surely would have G#solved it
But we A#mcan't, it's C#too F#late
I said we A#mcan't, it's C#too F#late
Verse 2:
He's skipping A#mclasses 'cause he hates them
And hopes he G#passes not to take them all aC#gain
I heard him G#say
He A#mescapes them with the pills
The ones he G#takes to make him feel like he's oC#kay
But he's not oG#kay
Chorus
Bridge
D#mGod, You've got to save us
We F#hide behind the faces that we A#mmake to disF#guiseA#m/F#  
The D#mthings that we're ashamed of
And F#all the ugly things that make us A#mclose our eG#sus4yesG#  
They make us C#close our eF#yes
Why do we A#mclose our eG#yes?
Chorus
end on G#

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Topics

by Nevertheless

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Chords in this song · guitar

A#m

G#sus4

C#/F

A#m/D#

D#m

A#m/F#

Verse 1:

A#m

She spent the night out with a guy

G# C#

Who gives attention when she cries herself to sleep

I heard her say

A#m

So, she gives him what he wants

G# C#

As long as he can make her feel okay

G#sus4 G#

But she's not okay

Chorus:

We avoid the topics

We make the kids have secrets

A#m

When they are exposed

And everyone else knows

We'll say we never knew it

C#/F

That they had a problem

A#m/D#

'Cause if we would have known

C# G#

We surely would have solved it

A#m C# F#

But we can't, it's too late

A#m C# F#

I said we can't, it's too late

Verse 2:

A#m

He's skipping classes 'cause he hates them

G# C#

And hopes he passes not to take them all again

I heard him say

A#m

He escapes them with the pills

G# C#

The ones he takes to make him feel like he's okay

But he's not okay

Chorus

Bridge

D#m

God, You've got to save us

F# A#m F# A#m/F#

We hide behind the faces that we make to disguise

D#m

The things that we're ashamed of

F# A#m G#sus4 G#

And all the ugly things that make us close our eyes

C# F#

They make us close our eyes

A#m G#

Why do we close our eyes?

Chorus

end on G#

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