Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

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Verse 1

The litebrite's now black and white

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Cause you took apart a picture that wasn't right

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Pitch burning on a shining sheet

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The only maker that you'd want to meet

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The dying man in a living room

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Whose shadow paces the floor

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He'll take you out any open door

Chorus

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This is not my life

It's just a fond farewell to a friend

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It's not what I'm like

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It's just a fond farewell to a friend

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Who couldn't get things right

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A fond farewell to a friend

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Verse 2

He said really I just wanna dance

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Good and evil matched perfect it's a great romance

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I can deal with some psychic pain

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If it'll slow down my higher brain

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Veins full of disappearing ink

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Vomiting in the kitchen sink

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Disconnecting from the missing link

Chorus

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This is not my life

It's just a fond farewell to a friend

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It's not what I'm like

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It's just a fond farewell to a friend

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Who couldn't get things right

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A fond farewell to a friend

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Verse 3

I see you're leaving me

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And taking up with the enemy

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The cold comfort of the in between

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A little less than a human being

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A little less than a happy high

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A little less than a suicide

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The only things that you really tried

Chorus

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This is not my life

It's just a fond farewell to a friend

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It's not what I'm like

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It's just a fond farewell to a friend

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Who couldn't get things right

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A fond farewell to a friend

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This is not my life

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It's just a fond farewell to a friend

Outro

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(the final line is also played between the chorus and verses 2 and 3)

Outro