Famous Prophets (stars)

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Verse 1:

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Apologies to future mes and yous 
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But I can't help feeling like we're through 
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The ripping of the tape hurts my ears 
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In my years, I have never seen anyone quit quite like you do 

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Twin bruises on my shins 
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From where I kicked the back of the seat in 
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They meant what I went through for you 
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But now they're fading, now they're gone 

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These teenage hands will never touch yours again 
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But I remember you 
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You had a body 
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You had hands and arms and legs and et cetera 

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In the morning when I wake up, are you mine? 

(Did I fail? Did I fall?) 
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Take the trash out like a bad dream, are you gone? 

(Did I waste my time, waste my time on a broken heart?) 
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From the old house, the fiercest heart spoke, are you mine? 

(Or is this the start of the great silence?) 
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Christmas tree's dead, you know how time flies, are you gone? 

(Is this the start of every day?) 

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I'm not gonna end up a nervous wreck 
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Like the people I know who are nervous wrecks 
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Though I'm not gonna name names 

Yours was an exception 
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Did the sound just stop? 
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At the end of every day 
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There'll be nothing left to say 
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There'll be no backstage pass 

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We gotta go back 

We gotta go back 

We gotta go back 

We gotta go back 

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We gotta go back 

We gotta go back 

We gotta go back 

We gotta go back 

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We've gotta go back 
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We've gotta go back 
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We've gotta go back 
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We've gotta go back 

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We've gotta go back 
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We've gotta go back 
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We've gotta go back 
               A B 
We've gotta go back 

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Don't get too impressed 
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You might lose your breath 
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Don't predict your death 
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'Cause I like you the best 

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Don't you fall apart 
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You might lose my heart 
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You know I love your art 

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The ocean washed over your grave 
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The ocean washed open your grave 
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The ocean washed over your grave 
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The ocean washed open your grave 
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The ocean washed over your grave 
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The ocean washed open your grave 
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The ocean washed over your grave 
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The ocean washed open your grave 
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The ocean washed over your grave 
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The ocean washed open your grave 
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The ocean washed over your grave 
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The ocean washed open your grave 

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So descend into cliche 
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If you've found your holy grail 
        Bm 
I could fill back in that grave 
        A 
I could hammer in that nail 
       D 
I could give you what you want 
       C#m 
I could give you what you deserve 
       Bm 
I could sing another song 
       A 
I could watch that hammer swerve 

    D 
And when the mirror breaks 
           C#m 
I wouldn't miss it for the world 
        Bm 
Call it blackstar, call it painstar 
    A 
The same thing happens when you touch it 
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Let me tell you, did they tell you 

What happens when you touch it? Did they tell you? 
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Let me tell you what happens when you touch it 
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Let me tell you, let me, let me 
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Let me, let me, let me, let me 

Let me, let me, let me, let me, let me 

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Let me in 

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So descend into cliche 
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If the music has forsaken you 
         Bm 
Roll the stone over the grave 
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I never liked that one anyways 
   D 
Or stare into the face 
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Of whatever it is that's facing you 
    Bm 
And if the levee breaks 
       A 
You'll find out what it is that's replacing you 

    D 
And when the mirror breaks 
           C#m 
I wouldn't miss it for the world 
        Bm 
Call it blackstar, call it painstar 
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The same thing happens when you touch it 
         D 
Did they tell you what happens when you touch it? 
         C#m 
Did they tell you what happens when you touch it? 
         Bm 
Did they tell you 

Did they tell me 

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What happened to you? 

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