Sleeping at Last – Eight (Guitar)

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I remember the minute

              Em         C
It was like a switch was flipped

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I was just a kid   who grew up strong enough

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To pick this armor up

    Em            C  Em
And suddenly it fit

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God, that was so long ago, long ago, long ago...

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I was little, I was weak, perfectly naive

    Em            C
And I grew up too quick

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Now you won't see all that I have to lose

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And all I've lost in the fight to protect it

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I won't let you in I swore never again

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I can't afford, no, I refuse to be rejected

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I want to break these bones 'til they're better

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I want to break them right and feel alive

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My healing needed more than time

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When I see   fragile things, helpless things, broken things

            Em
I see the familiar

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I was little, I was weak, I was perfect too

C
Now I'm a broken mirror

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But I can't let you see all that I have to lose

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All I've lost in the fight to protect it

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I can't let you in- I swore never again

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I can't afford to let myself be blindsided

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I'm standing guard, I'm falling apart

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And all I want is to trust you

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Show me how to lay my sword down

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For long enough to let you through

G
Here I am, pry me open

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What do you want to know?

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I'm just a kid who grew up scared enough

            D
To hold the door shut

    Em          C
And bury my innocence

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But here's a map, here's a shovel

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Here's my achilles' heel

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I'm all in, palms out, I'm at your mercy now and I'm ready to begin

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I am strong, I am strong, I am strong enough to let you i-----n

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I'll shake the ground with a-a-ll my might

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I will pull my whole heart up to the surface

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For the innocent, for the vulnerable

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I'll show up on the front lines with a purpose

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And I'll give all I have, I'll give my blood, I'll give my sweat-

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An ocean of tears will spill for what is broken

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I'm shattered porcelain, glued back together again

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Invincible like I've never be---en