Brace Yourself

E A B E A B Sirens and lights going off, but it's still dark. E A B Streetlight too bright. It burns our eyes and leaves a mark. E A B What happened tonight, with eighteen matches and a spark? C# A B This story writes itself. It's called "One-Thousand Reasons We Should Be Apart". Break 1 E A B E A B Retrace our steps here. Your face was framed inside your smoke. E A B Never show fear. So sip your gin and make a joke. E A B One last swig of beer - and that must be when I awoke C# A B to the cold, metallic steel of these six full chambers pointed at my throat. B A Like a splinter slice divides us, like it's black and white and gray. C# A B Two seconds could be all we last, so lie in our decay. B A Like a fire engine siren screams the songs of our demise - C# A B You look right down the barrel of your gun into my eyes Break 2 E A B E A B Shattered silence - barrel one twists and we blink. E A B Reactive violence - the silk smoke begins to sink. E A B So still defiance, and all that's left is time to think. C# A B And that's when I awake again to say "it's time to get another fucking drink." B A Like a splinter slice divides us, like it's black and white and gray. C# A B Two seconds could be all we last, so lie in our decay. B A Like a fire engine siren screams the songs of our demise - C# A B The perils of our passioned thoughts fill cold and ashen skies. C# A B Seconds pass but nothing lasts, each day a hero dies. C# A B You look right down the barrel of your gun into my eyes. E A B