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"Is eAmverybody cGoming undFone?"
She asks me with a sAmtraight face
and sometimes its hGard to tell the tFruth
when all I kAmnow all I knGow is that we're all just tFrying to stay afloat
  AmThat's the way it isG, that's just the way it Fis
Am-F-C-G
It feels like I've got to Amget away
like there's got to be a Fbetter way
because when you've gCot to get out
you've got to gGet out
Promises Amwhere I swear that I am fiFne are getting harder to Ckeep
they're getting harder to beGlieveAm  
  FI should be old enCough by now
to stop pulling at my hGair and tearing at my Amskin
but we're so youngF  C  
It feels like we're so Gyoung
Chorus
The cranes hang Amquietly tonight
as if to remind us that this is Chome
and that this is how we Glive now
with no back-up plan or Amway out
From here I can see it Fall
every false step that I made
and how I let it chip Amaway at the foundations
that I am Gset upon, as I stood by Amagain
   CBut we are Gnothing without Fresilience
   Cbecause we are all Gtied up in our own Fways
   CWorst come to Gworst, failing Feverything
we pick up the broken Cpieces
and put them Gall back together Fagain
Chorus
AmStay afloat, Gstay aaaaaaafFloat

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Foundations

by Apologies I Have None

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Am G F

"Is everybody coming undone?"

She asks me with a straight face

G F

and sometimes its hard to tell the truth

Am G F

when all I know all I know is that we're all just trying to stay afloat

Am G F

That's the way it is, that's just the way it is

Am-F-C-G

It feels like I've got to get away

like there's got to be a better way

because when you've got to get out

you've got to get out

Am F C

Promises where I swear that I am fine are getting harder to keep

G Am

they're getting harder to believe

F C

I should be old enough by now

G Am

to stop pulling at my hair and tearing at my skin

F C

but we're so young

It feels like we're so young

Chorus

The cranes hang quietly tonight

as if to remind us that this is home

and that this is how we live now

with no back-up plan or way out

From here I can see it all

every false step that I made

and how I let it chip away at the foundations

G Am

that I am set upon, as I stood by again

C G F

But we are nothing without resilience

C G F

because we are all tied up in our own ways

C G F

Worst come to worst, failing everything

we pick up the broken pieces

G F

and put them all back together again

Chorus

Am G F

Stay afloat, stay aaaaaaafloat

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