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[Intro]
Em Am B7 G B
Em Am B7
[Verse 1]
Em
When does it get quiet?
Am B7 G B
Time was supposed to extinguish the
Em Am B7
desire But the embers won't snuff out
Em Am
Haunted by your smiles
B7 G B
The mask keeps getting heavier
Em Am B7
One step forward, two steps back
[Chorus]
Am B7
There's a noose round my neck and the further I get
G B Em
It's harder & harder to breathe
Am B7 G B Em
Can I find a way to cut the rope?
Am
I've been waiting for dawn
B7
But the light is all gone
G B Em
Don't know if I'm already blind
Am B7 G B Em
Can I leave it all behind?
[Instrumental]
Em Am B7 G B
Em Am B7
[Verse 2]
Em Am G B Em
What's it really for if it's not yours and it's not mine?
Em Am B7
This victory is not what I hoped for
Em Am B7 G B
How was I to know that everything would end up like this?
Em Am B7
Survival of the fittest... of sorts
[Chorus}
Am
So I've become the bringer of death
B7
A lover of life
G B Em
The one who guards from the dark of the night
Am B7 G B Em
I'll be the hammer of war
Am B7
Justice & mercy don't live side by side
G B Em
So in retribution I abide
Am B7 G B Em
I'll tip the scales to justice's end
Em
but can it make amends?
Am B7 G B
Em Am B7
[Verse 3]
En Am B7 G B Em
Kill or be killed... what a way to live and die
Am B7
I just can't see this cycle ever ending
Em Am B7 G B
How can I correct the damage done when I can't
Em Am B7
feel the consequences of my recourse
[Chorus]
Am
So I've become the bringer of death
B7
A lover of life
G B Em
The one who guards from the dark of the night
Am B7 G B Em
I'll be the hammer of war
Am
I've been waiting for dawn
B7
But the light is all gone
G B Em
Don't know if I'm already blind
Am B7 G B Em
Can I leave it all behind?