Reality Returns Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Em]It's

[Verse 1]
5 in the
[E]morning and I'm still [Em]awake [E]I'm waiting for the day to [Em]break
The
[E]TV whispers through the si[Em]lence
As I run through the [E]channels
I see flashes of viol[Em]ence
The [E]curtains are drawn to stop the
light from getting [Em]in
But through a [E]crack neon strikes my [Em]skin
A calm virtual band,
I leave my [E]thoughts behind
[Em]Got too many dirty sin[E]
s circling in my [Em]mind
May[E]be I should get [Em]some air
and take a [E]walk outside
And see if [Em]something happens there
Cause the city [E]at night
can make me forget
[Em]That I'm an extra on a giant movie set
I watch the shop window dummies
and they watch me
With [E]plastic eyes full of
artifi[Em]cial dignity
[E]Plastic eyes behind [Em]spotless glass
[Am]Plas[Em]tic eyes in every face[D] I pass[Am][E][Em][E]
[Em]
[Esus4][Em][Esus4]
[D][Esus4][D]
[E]
[Em]I wa[E]ke up and watch,
it's [Em]only six o 'clock so I follow [E]the crowd for another block
Gambling, booze, a live sex show
[D]Neo[Em]n signs point out where to go
Some doorman [E]tries to drag me inside
But I'm not in for that kind of fun tonight
I've been there before
and it's bet[Em]ter on
TV
[D]And I [Em]just can't feel the emptiness in me
Which reminds me of my [E]stomach
I better grab some food
And to
McDonald's cause it's green,
cheap and [Em]good
[E]Of course I'm in the longest queue
And I can [Em]tell the can I
[E]help you girl [Em]is new
She [Esus4]looks kin[E]da fresh, about 17
Red cherry lips,
I wanna put my tongue in between
[Em]But I take the paper b[E]ag and hand
her my [Em]money
And then she [E]smiles at me as if I [Em]said something
[Am]funny[E][Em]
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Back [Esus4]in my apartment,[Em]
I sit in the dark
Shifts up [E]the [Em]old light,
make my room look stark
I try to figure out where all my
money is gone
But I'm too tired to think, so I turn the
TV off
I know what to expect from the people on
TV
They don't make sense but they talk to me
I run through the channels,
knob after knob
Faster and faster, no strength to stop
I sit in trials and as the noise increases
I like to hit the damn thing to pieces
The corners of the room are closing
in on me
Screenshows, images, I don't wanna see
I slide on on my knees
and crawl towards the light
An inch from the screen, I start my
Luke in flight
In a 30 minute special,
my life passes by
Revealing all the facts and the
reasons [E]why[Em][E][Em]
[E]
[Em]Slowly my sense of reality returns
Now I know my love for you still burns
But for me it's all clear
There's nothing to be seen
Except an emerald smile

[Interlude 1]
reflecting on a clear screen
[Em]
[E]the[Em]

[Verse 2]
[E]
the
[Em]the

[Interlude 2]
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[Em]you

[Verse 3]
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You