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WHAT BREAKS (AND WHAT DOESN'T)
C
AmThere's a scar on my lip
COne that you can't help but kiss
AmFrom when I was a kid
GI got it like this
FSee I waCs three Fyears olCd, maybe younger still
GI crashed headlong into a window sill
AmAnd was surpriseCd when I broke instead of it
GThat's the scar that's on my lip
CThat's what you're kissing when we kiss.
FWhen you Cleave
FYou'll bCe fine.G  
C
AmWhen it gets real late
CSo late that it's not late anymore
AmAnd I'm alone, awake
GJust creaking with the floors
FI can asCk the suFn to let Cme sleep
GDon't know what stake it holds in the hours I keep
AmWell I'll push iCt down, but these burning hands won't seem to do
GAll my efforts fall right through
CThe morning makes me think of you.
FWhen you Cleave
FYou...C  G  
AmWill be fine
FYou...C  G  
CWill be fine.
C
AmBut if we're talking about distractions
FEverything is a distraction
CExcept when your blood flows
AmWhen your heart beats
CAnd when your ribs rise
G'Cos your lungs breathe
CIf the earth moves
AmWhere will you be
CWith what you love more
GWhere does that put me?
FWhen you Cleave
FYou...C  G  
AmWill be fine
FYou...C  G  
CWill be fine.

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What Breaks And What Doesnt

by Lauren O'Connell

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WHAT BREAKS (AND WHAT DOESN'T)

There's a scar on my lip

One that you can't help but kiss

From when I was a kid

I got it like this

F C F C

See I was three years old, maybe younger still

I crashed headlong into a window sill

Am C

And was surprised when I broke instead of it

That's the scar that's on my lip

That's what you're kissing when we kiss.

F C

When you leave

F C G

You'll be fine.

When it gets real late

So late that it's not late anymore

And I'm alone, awake

Just creaking with the floors

F C F C

I can ask the sun to let me sleep

Don't know what stake it holds in the hours I keep

Am C

Well I'll push it down, but these burning hands won't seem to do

All my efforts fall right through

The morning makes me think of you.

F C

When you leave

F C G

You...

Will be fine

F C G

You...

Will be fine.

But if we're talking about distractions

Everything is a distraction

Except when your blood flows

When your heart beats

And when your ribs rise

'Cos your lungs breathe

If the earth moves

Where will you be

With what you love more

Where does that put me?

F C

When you leave

F C G

You...

Will be fine

F C G

You...

Will be fine.

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