Frank Turner – Richard Divine (Ukulele)

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Richard Divine made up his mind to take the last few steps to

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the bathroom door from his bedroom floor and to lock himself in.

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Steady young hands, meticulous plans, disposable razors and a

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blisterpack filled with strong sleeping pills, and a bath of hot water.

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   He said hes not for sale, said that he felt hounded,

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crowded and surrounded by this life he didnt choose.

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He carefully wrote a funerary note on his best writing paper

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to set out the facts, and sealed it with wax, and left it in the kitchen.

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He left it out so his parents would know what there was waiting for them

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pale cold skin and blood seeping in to the landing carpet.

A                            C#7                 D
   He said hes not for sale, said that he felt hounded,

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crowded and surrounded by this life he didnt choose.

                C#7                          D
But everybody plays this game on a daily basis.

                                 B
Theyre not heroes, theyre survivors,

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So do what you want,do what you want, do what the voices tell you,

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but don’t ever say, dont ever say that we didnt warn you

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Because we warned you.

A                        C#7                             D
    He said hes not for sale, but he bought into his failure.

                         B
Hes telling tales that hammer nails right into open palms.

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   A martyr in reverse, he’s best at being worst,

                      B
the rest of us are cursed but we keep calm and we carry on.

E
   So Richard, here it is:

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   None of us are blameless, huddled here like strangers,

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shameless in our lists of all the changes we say we need.

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    But I think that you knew that,

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you cant pretend its news that when you cut yourself youll bleed.