The Exit Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Look at that which [Bm]sur rounds me
I'm [Am]sup posed to call [D]this home
The [G]dark has become so [Bm]overwhelming
So [F]why [Am]don't [Abaug]I
[Ab]just[F#dim] go
[Am]Why can't you just be

[Verse 2]
more like [Abaug]your brother?
To[Eaug]gether y[F]ou would rule the throne
[E]Evil and darkness would grow
This [D]kingdom needs you

[Verse 3]
[G]"Why can't you just be more like
[Bm]Pallis?" they always ask
[C]Could this feeling [Am]deep in
[D]me be the prophecy?
[G]As a child I [Bm]heard such
wonderful stories
[C]Of lamps, and the oracle, and [D]holy the sea

[Verse 4]
[Am]Silly boy, you speak of fiction
Silly boy, you can't just
[Abaug]leave them
[F]Reaching [E]for [Am]some fairy tale ending
[D]Myth or legend
Oh, what's [G]the use [Bm]maybe

[Verse 5]
[B]
[Bm]they're right
[C]What's the point of [C#]dreaming
[Em]If it can never mater[Edim]i alize[C]?
Towns[G]folk are ashamed
[Bm]Why can't I [C]live up to [Am]my
[Em]family [D]nam[Edim]e?
[Ebdim]Well it's[D] not [C]me,[Bm]
but you [Am]see it's j[D]ust my pedigree

[Verse 6]
[Am]You're a reckless and romantic [Abaug]rogue
Your head is in the [F]clouds
You'll be chained here all your [E]life
Shackled [Fdim]to the grou[E]nd
[Abaug]You're no[D]t the chosen one

[Verse 7]
[G]Don't you [Bm]ever [Adim]dream
of [D]some place [C]better
[G]Or a [Am]life that's [D]greater
[G]Don't you [Bm]ever [Adim]feel
like [D]you've been [C]destined
For [G]something [Am]bigger than [D]your skin?

[Interlude 1]
[F][Eaug][E][Eb][D][C]
[Am][Eb][Am]
[D][C][Am][Eb][E][Am]
[C][D][Am][Eb][D][C][Bm]
[Am][C][Am][Dm][E]
[Em]

[Verse 8]
You [G]are [Em]so f[G]oolish
The [Bm]dark has been your home
If [C]you elope, I'll hunt you
[Am]Through suffer[A]ing you'll atone
[Em]Dear [G]Pallis,

[Verse 9]
you're my brother
[C]You looked and watched over me
[Cdim]But there's [B]something
bigger at stake
[Bm]My pur[D]pose is this journey
Brother[G], you are shortsighted

[Verse 10]
[G]
Naive and starry-eyed
You [C]You are not the chosen one
[Em]This will [Eb]be your demise
[G]Brother,

[Verse 11]
I can't help this feeling
My [C]heart tells me to run
[B]You were meant to rule the [Bm]dark
[D]I was meant to see the sun
[G]Don't you

[Verse 12]
[Bm]ever [Adim]dream of
[D]some place [C]better[G]
When the [Am]light shines [D]brighter?
[G]Don't you [Bm]ever [Adim]feel like
[D]you've been [C]destined
For [G]something [Am]bigger [D]than your skin?

[Verse 13]
[F]I t[Am]hink I[Abaug]'ll just go[F#dim][G]
[D][G]

[Verse 14]
[Em]
"Adakias, tired of fiction
[C]and bound by his ambition
Left his home for the city of light
Disguised as a citizen his identity
[G]was hidden
Within in a city [Em]that sat glistening
He was eager for his new life
He contemplated and hated
Why had he waited for so long
To flee his home forever [Em]shaded,
where the jaded are [Em]never wrong?
He took a deep breath
He was finally gone
His hope was left strong
That a meaning would be found
That had kept him withdrawn
[Em]His stare had caught a light
And he fell for the sight
Her name [Em]was Princess Anhura
She suffered from the same strife
And like Adakias, she
spent most of her time

[Verse 15]
Dreaming of a different life."
[G]Don't you ever feel like
you've been destined
For something bigger than your skin?