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**NOTE: You can replace  Cwith  Em7/Cor  Cmaj7throughout the song to add variety
INTRO
C  C  Bm  Em
C  D  Bm  Em
[Verse 1]
CMy world is stirring sickly
BmSpits out our voiEmces singing
C"Sha la la laD, oh, no no,"
BmTo kingdom come sEmo slightly
CHere in the void in your place
BmI twitch and tweaEmk an illusion
CTo sit and stDare so blankly
BmUntil our hope is Emused up
[Pre-chorus]
CWhy do I alwBmays seem to nDeed you when you're fleeing?
CWhere do you Bmgo when I'm Daround?
CWhat have I Bmdone? What haDve I lost that's so defeating?
CAnd have the Bmnerve to weaDr a crown?
[Chorus x4]
C  C  Bm  Em
C  D  Bm  Em
Oh
Na na na na na na, hey! hey! hey!
[Verse 2]
Some unguarded room
A smoky figure fills me full
Makes my head swell and ruin
My family kneels at the pew
They nod - 'We believe in what you're doing'
I feel you rise above me
The western landscape's towering
And from my shell of a body
The flowers blossom for picking
[Pre-chorus]
[Chorus x4]
[Bridge]
**no chords**
I've waited and waited for someone to take it
Don't fight it, don't bother an inch for another
Don't listen, don't hear them, they're in this together
I've learned well, now hear me, there's much to be fearing
I'm used to your absence, your faceless distraction
[Bridge/Chorus]
CI've painted your patterns but found them attractive
BmNow I've been leaning towaEmrds a life far more candid
CThough lead through the daDrk with your eyes as my candles
BmWhere your life and my lifEme's directions can wrangle
CAnd all of a sudden you've left me to handle
BmThe reasons that never forEmbid me to stand tall
CAnd somehow, oh somehow, ID'll find out the secret
BmTo staying alive without aEmctually breathing 

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Eyes As Candles

by Passion Pit

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em7/C

Cmaj7

C Em7/C Cmaj7

**NOTE: You can replace with or throughout the song to add variety

INTRO

C C Bm Em

C D Bm Em

[Verse 1]

My world is stirring sickly

Bm Em

Spits out our voices singing

C D

"Sha la la la, oh, no no,"

Bm Em

To kingdom come so slightly

Here in the void in your place

Bm Em

I twitch and tweak an illusion

C D

To sit and stare so blankly

Bm Em

Until our hope is used up

[Pre-chorus]

C Bm D

Why do I always seem to need you when you're fleeing?

C Bm D

Where do you go when I'm around?

C Bm D

What have I done? What have I lost that's so defeating?

C Bm D

And have the nerve to wear a crown?

[Chorus x4]

C C Bm Em

C D Bm Em

Na na na na na na, hey! hey! hey!

[Verse 2]

Some unguarded room

A smoky figure fills me full

Makes my head swell and ruin

My family kneels at the pew

They nod - 'We believe in what you're doing'

I feel you rise above me

The western landscape's towering

And from my shell of a body

The flowers blossom for picking

[Pre-chorus]

[Chorus x4]

[Bridge]

**no chords**

I've waited and waited for someone to take it

Don't fight it, don't bother an inch for another

Don't listen, don't hear them, they're in this together

I've learned well, now hear me, there's much to be fearing

I'm used to your absence, your faceless distraction

[Bridge/Chorus]

I've painted your patterns but found them attractive

Bm Em

Now I've been leaning towards a life far more candid

C D

Though lead through the dark with your eyes as my candles

Bm Em

Where your life and my life's directions can wrangle

And all of a sudden you've left me to handle

Bm Em

The reasons that never forbid me to stand tall

C D

And somehow, oh somehow, I'll find out the secret

Bm Em

To staying alive without actually breathing

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