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[Verse 1]
GNecessary but against your better jDudgments
GYou were being overcharged in the market Dsquare
GOverwhelmed and it’s coming from all aDngles
GYou were entertaining the idea that it wasn’t Dfair
CBut the picture seemed sharp enough to Gview life through you
CI can’t remember where we were, where were we when Gwe all went under?
[Chorus]
AYou don’t Fhave to say Gsorry
For Fall the thinAgs you failed to Gdo
AYou don’t Fhave to say Gsorry
FFor all the tiAmes when eGverything fell through
[Verse 2]
GState-sponsored character assassiDnation
GI promise that I’ll burn your things when you’re dead and Dgone
GIt’s an orchestrated controvDersy
GNo strategies for dissolving in the aDtmosphere
CAnd the distance seemed sure enough from GPoint A to Point B
CYour favourite feeling was the ground falling out from Gbeneath your feet
[Chorus]
AYou don’t Fhave to say Gsorry
For Fall the thinAgs you failed to Gdo
AYou don’t Fhave to say Gsorry
FFor all the tiAmes when eGverything fell through
[Bridge] 
AUnholBinessD  
Arrives by BsatelliAte
BOn tDime
AAnd I Bsee Dno
AnomaliBes betweAen
BBoth Dsides
AYou could Bhelp Dme
With every Blittle Aneed
BEnd sDcene
ALeft here Bwith Dno
ParapherBnaliaA  
DRecedBe
[Chorus 2]
AEraBsinDg 
BYour AmemorBy D  B  
AEraBsing D  
BYour AmemorBy D  B  
[Outro]
AOur parBticleDs
Collide and drBown
ABy candBlelighDt

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Memory

by Preoccupations

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[Verse 1]

G D

Necessary but against your better judgments

G D

You were being overcharged in the market square

G D

Overwhelmed and it’s coming from all angles

G D

You were entertaining the idea that it wasn’t fair

C G

But the picture seemed sharp enough to view life through you

C G

I can’t remember where we were, where were we when we all went under?

[Chorus]

A F G

You don’t have to say sorry

F A G

For all the things you failed to do

A F G

You don’t have to say sorry

F A G

For all the times when everything fell through

[Verse 2]

G D

State-sponsored character assassination

G D

I promise that I’ll burn your things when you’re dead and gone

G D

It’s an orchestrated controversy

G D

No strategies for dissolving in the atmosphere

C G

And the distance seemed sure enough from Point A to Point B

C G

Your favourite feeling was the ground falling out from beneath your feet

[Chorus]

A F G

You don’t have to say sorry

F A G

For all the things you failed to do

A F G

You don’t have to say sorry

F A G

For all the times when everything fell through

[Bridge]

A B D

Unholiness

B A

Arrives by satellite

B D

On time

A B D

And I see no

B A

Anomalies between

B D

Both sides

A B D

You could help me

B A

With every little need

B D

End scene

A B D

Left here with no

B A

Paraphernalia

D B

Recede

[Chorus 2]

A B D

Erasing

B A B D B

Your memory

A B D

Erasing

B A B D B

Your memory

[Outro]

A B D

Our particles

Collide and drown

A B D

By candlelight

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