Escape Will Always Fail

	  		Am 
I hear the next war coming 
F 
Awake all night-time, smell the blood 
Am 
The omens always tell me 
F                           A 
I try to listen, can’t decide … 
Am 
I rule out paranoia 
F 
Too simple, there must be a way 
Am 
To sympathise with danger 
F                         A 
And to know it’s here to stay 

G#            Gm 
But you can’t go far knowing 
C 
It will make you strong and pale 
G#                    Gm 
It’ll beat you up and give you nothing 
C 
And let you live only if you dare 
G#                   Gm 
Cross the swamps and bring your sorrow 
C 
It will hang on like a tail 
G#                    Gm 
Even drama queens and heroes know it 
Am                 D# 
Escape will always fail 
Am                 D# 
Escape will always fail 
Am                 F 
Escape will always fail …. 

Am 
The next war tries to like us 
F 
But it’s impossible I guess 
Am 
To sympathise with victims 
F                         A      Em 
Of our own arrogance and strength 
A 
I know the next war’s coming 
F                              A 
And in my daydreams it strikes hard 

And all the voices say 
F 
You know now, we’re your shelter 
A            Em  A 
You’ve come back 
             Em  A 
You’ve come back 
             Em 
You’ve come back … 


G#            Gm 
But you can’t go far knowing 
C 
It will make you strong and pale 
G#                    Gm 
It’ll beat you up and give you nothing 
C 
And let you live only if you dare 
G#                   Gm 
Cross the swamps and bring your sorrow 
C 
It will hang on like a tail 
G#                    Gm 
Even drama queens and heroes know it 
Am                 D# 
Escape will always fail 
Am                 D# 
Escape will always fail 
Am                 F 
Escape will always fail ….