G Bm Am C Standing tall as a woman but acting tough as can be G Bm Am C Curling your lip directing your poetry at me G When I know it was written for another time and place Am G Bm Am C It doesn't touch me - You're so bitter the past so close behind G Bm Am You're so curling and churning how could your angel give in G Bm Am C When there's nothing to blame but your pride Chorus: Am G And I guess you need an excuse to fall A C E If you're gonna pretend to fly at all G Bm Am C ---- G Bm Am C G Bm Am C You can curl up cradled in your past G Bm Am C But it isn't as warm there is it will nothing ever last G Bm Your painting your pictures with shards of your pain Am C You'd prick your fingers for blood to paint G Bm Am C You sing your strife like a sonnet I believe Chorus: Am G And I guess you need an excuse to fall A C E If you're gonna pretend to fly at all Bridge: F C G You sing your strife like a sonnet F C G But you buy your hat with a sweat stained brim already on it F C G Chaos and fate your enemies at least that's the way you've sold them to be Am C D You can put yourself on a cross but not for me G Bm Am C (x4) Chorus: Am G And I guess you need an excuse to fall A C Em D If you're gonna pretend to fly at all Am G And I guess you need an excuse to fall A C Em If you're gonna pretend to fly at all
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