The Divine Comedy – Dont Look Down (Guitar)

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"Birds and planes go through the rainbow

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Every day though you simply refuse

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Old-fashioned ferris wheels are no big deal

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They're just big wheels with chairs

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So don't be scared Just set yourself free

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She tells me it's alright

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To open up my eyes

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She holds onto my hand

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And the clouds float by

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The couple in the car below

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They wave to us and say hello

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I think they understand

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The way we're feeling

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I don't need to say 'I love you'

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When we're floating so far up above

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Everyone else's lives are intertwined

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With yours and mine

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I hope they find the joy that we have found

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She tells me it's alright

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To open up my eyes

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She holds onto my hand

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And the clouds race by

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The couple in the car above

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I suppose they think

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That we're in love

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I think they might be right

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And without warning when we're almost at the top

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The wheel that turns us all comes to a sudden stop

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The wind that's blown us dies a quick and painless death

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The air gets clammy and we hold each other's breath

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We get the feeling that we're not alone in this

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And then a god who really ought not to exist

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Sticks out a great big hand and grabs me by the wrist

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And asks me "why?" and I say "well God, it's like this

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It may be arrogance or just appalling taste

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But I'd rather use my pain than let it all go to waste

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On some old god who tells me what I want to hear

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As if I cannot tell obedience from fear

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I want to take my pleasures where and how I will

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Be they disgraceful or distasteful or distilled

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And to be frank I find that life has more appeal

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Without a driver who's asleep behind the wheel"

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Then God decides that he has taken quite enough

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Of all this atheistic tosh I'm spouting off

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And so he calls upon his favourite angel choir

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To sing of times when men were filled with Christian fire

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But over-zealous angels flap their wings too fast

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And cause the wind to blow and turn the wheel at last

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And soon my feet are safely back on solid ground

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And then I hear a voice say "don't look down!"