Senses Fail - Safe House

senses fail – safe house

[ Gm ] [ F ]
i’m climbing out of the hole that i’ve been digging

[ D# ] [ F ]
throwing out all the blueprints i had drawn up for the safe house .

[ Gm ] [ F ]
i’ve stashed away enough food for forty days , gallons of water

[ D# ] [ F ]
first aid and propane and some wine to entertain .

[ D# ] [ A# ]
i’m always planning for the worst .

[ F ]
i signed my will right after birth .

[ D# ] [ F ]
i’ve got my eulogy rehearsed .

[ Gm ] [ D# ]
i fall to pieces and i get weak in the knees

[ A# ] [ F ]
when i think about eternity .

[ Gm ] [ D# ]
have i been led astray? feeling like fate forgot me

[ A# ] [ F ] [ Gm ]
he had the right name but the wrong street .

[ Gm ] [ F ]
i’m pulling nails out from the coffin

[ D# ]
i’m gasping for air . my eyes are full just

[ F ]
like the moon , i’ve got a silver bullet stare .

[ Gm ] [ F ]
the holy grail that i once thought was fiction but

[ D# ] [ F ]
the fact is that it’s not in communion with my thoughts .

[ D# ] [ A# ] [ F ]
the vultures circle overhead , hanging like halos for the dead

[ D# ] [ F ]
but i’m not suited for one yet .

[ Gm ] [ D# ]
i fall to pieces and i get weak in the knees

[ A# ] [ F ]
when i think about eternity .

[ Gm ] [ D# ]
have i been led astray? feeling like they forgot me

[ A# ] [ F ] [ D# ]
he had the right name but the wrong street .

[ D# ] [ A# ] [ F ]
i’m a number in a lottery .

[ D# ] [ A# ] [ F ] [ Gm ] . . .
life’s a boardwalk game god rigged to cheat .

[ Gm ] . . . [ F ] . . . [ Cm ] . . . . . .

[ Gm ] . . . [ F ] . . . [ Cm ] . . . . . .

[ A# ] [ F ] [ D# ]
as the snow falls all along the peaks

my mind’s an avalanche i’m digging through to reach

[ A# ] [ F ] [ D# ]
all the things i tried to shove down deep

my mind’s an avalanche i’m digging through to reach .

[ D# ] [ F ]
and i could run but with its speed ,

[ Gm ] [ F ] [ D# ] . . .
i’m bound to be buried here underneath

[ D# ] [ F ]
a tidal wave triggered to teach that

[ Gm ] [ F ] [ D# ]
life on an island isn’t what it seems

[ Cm ] [ D# ] [ F ]
i’m cutting off my toes just so that i can spite my feet .

[ Gm ] [ D# ]
i fall to pieces and i get weak in the knees

[ A# ] [ F ]
when i think about eternity .

[ Gm ] [ D# ]
have i been led astray? feeling like they forgot me

[ A# ] [ F ] [ Gm ]
he had the right name but the wrong street .