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Medicine

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This Eordinary Droom is GturningA  
into Esomething of a Dprison GohA  
and the Eonly thing we Dknow for Gcertain Ais that
Edon't Dnobody GknowA  
CYou think none of Dthis real that's
Gwhy you never Atry
so Ctear me down or
Dbuild me up just the same
   EOoohD,     GaaahA  
ConEdone another Dlonely GeveningA  
when you're Estaying up Dcounting GomensA  
and the Emorning is it Dso disGturbing Athat you
Ejust won't Dlet it go?G  A  
You think Ehurting gives you Dlicense (GlicensAe)
to do Eanything at Dall (GanythAing)
But you Egotta take your Dmedicine (Gmedicine)
AlAlow your Ehands to Dlose their Ggrip and Alet it fall
   EOoohD,     GaaahA  
It's a Ewonder anyDone can Gbreathe hereA  
with the Esmoke to Dthick to GcoughA  
So we've Efallen as we Drun for Gcover Afrom the
Ebombs we're Dsetting GoffA  
You think Ehurting gives you Dlicense (GlicensAe)
to do Eanything at Dall (GanythAing)
But you Egotta take your Dmedicine (Gmedicine)
AlAlow your Ehands to Dlose their Ggrip and Alet it fall
   EOoohD,     GaaahA  
AlAlow your Ehands to Dlose their Ggrip and Alet it fall
CSo we watch another Dgood day fading
GHow we gonna leave the Ahangman hanging
CGirl one day you know Dwe'll know
enough to get Ebetter
   EOoohD,     GaaahA  

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Medicine

by Broken Bells

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E D G A

This ordinary room is turning

E D G A

into something of a prison oh

E D G A

and the only thing we know for certain is that

E D G A

don't nobody know

C D

You think none of this real that's

G A

why you never try

so tear me down or

build me up just the same

E D G A

Oooh, aaah

E D G A

Condone another lonely evening

E D G A

when you're staying up counting omens

E D G A

and the morning is it so disturbing that you

E D G A

just won't let it go?

E D G A

You think hurting gives you license (license)

E D G A

to do anything at all (anything)

E D G

But you gotta take your medicine (medicine)

A E D G A

Allow your hands to lose their grip and let it fall

E D G A

Oooh, aaah

E D G A

It's a wonder anyone can breathe here

E D G A

with the smoke to thick to cough

E D G A

So we've fallen as we run for cover from the

E D G A

bombs we're setting off

E D G A

You think hurting gives you license (license)

E D G A

to do anything at all (anything)

E D G

But you gotta take your medicine (medicine)

A E D G A

Allow your hands to lose their grip and let it fall

E D G A

Oooh, aaah

A E D G A

Allow your hands to lose their grip and let it fall

C D

So we watch another good day fading

G A

How we gonna leave the hangman hanging

C D

Girl one day you know we'll know

enough to get better

E D G A

Oooh, aaah

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