Floodgates

Intro: 
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The floodgates opened and there was a river 
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Flowing through me with a dull precision 
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It left me feeling nauseous 
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And handcuffed by a lack of ambition 
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Drugs and daytime television 
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Dividing like light through a prism 
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A thousand individual parts I couldn't process 
 

 
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And I was rotting in the backseat 
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I was trying to find 
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New words for the same repeating lines 
 

 
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And after the smoke cleared 
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Opened my eyes and I was still here 
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I was certain I was a goner 
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It should have been me on the tabl 
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With the wires and the cabls 
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I'll do anything it takes to stay here 
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Just a little while longer 
 

 
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And I was lying in the backseat 
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I was trying to find 
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New words for the same repeating lines 
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And I was lying through my teeth 
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Always saying it would be alright 
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Still feeling your fingers on my spine 
 

 
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And when the floodgates closed 
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And I was back in my darkened home 
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Feeling more depleted than I ever have 
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But instead of crying 
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Whenever I think of dying 
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It only makes me laugh 
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And how can I explain it to you 
When I don't understand it myself? 

{Solo} 
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Outro 
Fm        Ab 
And I was lying in the backseat 
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I was trying to find 
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New words for the same repeating lines 
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And I was lying though my teeth 
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Always saying it would be alright 
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Still feeling your fingers on my spine