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[Intro]
C  Em  D
Cooh, ohh, EmohD  
Cooh, ohh, EmohD  
[Verse 1]
CThoughts,Em  
they are like rDestless beasts in Cmy headEm  D  
And Ctime,Em  
it slowly Dkills me in my Ccold bedEm  
And turns my fDaith into a Cdark and open dDoubt
[Chorus]
I am rCunning into the Emfire
DTonight this war is easily lost
Cause CI can't cut these Emwires
And Dsparks will turn into
A fCireEm, a Dfire
I am Crunning into the EmfireD  
[Instrumental]
Cooh, ohh, EmohD  
Cooh, ohh, EmohD  
[Verse 2]
CThoughts,Em  
are creeping Din with arms of sCilenceEm  D  
CTime,Em  
will make me Ddrown here on my CislandEm  
When pressure's Drising like a Cwave of open Dscars
[Chorus]
I am rCunning into the fEmire
DTonight this war is easily lost
Cause CI can't cut these Emwires
And Dsparks will turn into
A CfireEm, a fDire
I am Crunning into the EmfireD  
[Outro]
I'm rCunning, running, Emrunning, running, rDunning
Into a Cfi-Emi--rDe
I'm ruCnning, running, rEmunning, running, rDunning
Into the Cfi-Emi--rDe
[Outro]
Cooh, ohh, EmohD  
Cooh, ohh, EmohD  
Ending
C  Em  D
C  Em  D

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Thoughts

by Michael Schulte

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

C Em D

ooh, ohh, oh

C Em D

ooh, ohh, oh

[Verse 1]

C Em

Thoughts,

D C Em D

they are like restless beasts in my head

C Em

And time,

D C Em

it slowly kills me in my cold bed

D C D

And turns my faith into a dark and open doubt

[Chorus]

C Em

I am running into the fire

Tonight this war is easily lost

C Em

Cause I can't cut these wires

And sparks will turn into

C Em D

A fire, a fire

C Em D

I am running into the fire

[Instrumental]

C Em D

ooh, ohh, oh

C Em D

ooh, ohh, oh

[Verse 2]

C Em

Thoughts,

D C Em D

are creeping in with arms of silence

C Em

Time,

D C Em

will make me drown here on my island

D C D

When pressure's rising like a wave of open scars

[Chorus]

C Em

I am running into the fire

Tonight this war is easily lost

C Em

Cause I can't cut these wires

And sparks will turn into

C Em D

A fire, a fire

C Em D

I am running into the fire

[Outro]

C Em D

I'm running, running, running, running, running

C Em D

Into a fi-i--re

C Em D

I'm running, running, running, running, running

C Em D

Into the fi-i--re

[Outro]

C Em D

ooh, ohh, oh

C Em D

ooh, ohh, oh

Ending

C Em D

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