C#m A C#m G#
[ verse 1 ]
C#m A E
you reside in grand disguises
G#
just to get , get away from it all
C#m A E
falsify the life you’re hiding
G#
just to get , get away from it all
[ pre – chorus ]
F#m G# A B
but the truth we pursue as we all beg you to
[ chorus 1 ]
C#m A F#m G#
kill the lights , kill the actor , kill the actress
C#m A h G#
i’m afraid that the spotlight dried you up , whoa , whoa oh
C#m A C#m G#
[ verse 2 ]
C#m A E
shut your mouth , you make me sick with
G#
all the lies , all the lies that you spill
C#m A E
slip and fall , i’ll watch you drown in
G#
all the lies , all the lies that you spill
C#m A
as you’re tongue – tied , did you believe it?
E G#
false pride never existed
C#m A E
now i Am cutting ties clean off
G# F#m
and i can breathe at last , so we all
[ pre – chorus ]
G# A B
stand enthralled by this bland curtain call
F#m G# A B
and the truth we pursue as we all , we all beg you to
[ chorus 2 ]
C#m A F#m G#
kill the lights , kill the actor , kill the actress
C#m A h G#
i’m afraid that the spotlight dried you up , whoa , whoa oh
C#m
don’t even think about it
A F#m
don’t even think about it , no
G#
we’re begging you
C#m A B G#
to kill the lights , kill the actor , kill the actress
or kill us all
[ bridge ]
C#m
stop there and peer inside of me
A
you’ll find a man once lost at sea
F#m
but all the while i would think to myself
G# C#m
it’s not the end , it’s not the end at all
A
so sick of nothing going right
F#m
sail on along into the night
not even death could stand in the way
G#
you never even tried in the first place
[ chorus ]
C#m A F#m G#
kill the lights , kill the actor , kill the actress
C#m A h G#
i’m afraid that the spotlight dried you up , whoa , whoa oh
C#m
don’t even think about it
A F#m
don’t even think about it , no
G#
we’re begging you
C#m A h G#
to kill the lights , kill the actor , kill the actress
C#m
or kill us all
C#m
or kill us all
C#m
or kill us all
C#m A C#m G#
[ verse 1 ]
C#m A E
you reside in grand disguises
G#
just to get , get away from it all
C#m A E
falsify the life you’re hiding
G#
just to get , get away from it all
[ pre – chorus ]
F#m G# A B
but the truth we pursue as we all beg you to
[ chorus 1 ]
C#m A F#m G#
kill the lights , kill the actor , kill the actress
C#m A h G#
i’m afraid that the spotlight dried you up , whoa , whoa oh
C#m A C#m G#
[ verse 2 ]
C#m A E
shut your mouth , you make me sick with
G#
all the lies , all the lies that you spill
C#m A E
slip and fall , i’ll watch you drown in
G#
all the lies , all the lies that you spill
C#m A
as you’re tongue – tied , did you believe it?
E G#
false pride never existed
C#m A E
now i Am cutting ties clean off
G# F#m
and i can breathe at last , so we all
[ pre – chorus ]
G# A B
stand enthralled by this bland curtain call
F#m G# A B
and the truth we pursue as we all , we all beg you to
[ chorus 2 ]
C#m A F#m G#
kill the lights , kill the actor , kill the actress
C#m A h G#
i’m afraid that the spotlight dried you up , whoa , whoa oh
C#m
don’t even think about it
A F#m
don’t even think about it , no
G#
we’re begging you
C#m A B G#
to kill the lights , kill the actor , kill the actress
or kill us all
[ bridge ]
C#m
stop there and peer inside of me
A
you’ll find a man once lost at sea
F#m
but all the while i would think to myself
G# C#m
it’s not the end , it’s not the end at all
A
so sick of nothing going right
F#m
sail on along into the night
not even death could stand in the way
G#
you never even tried in the first place
[ chorus ]
C#m A F#m G#
kill the lights , kill the actor , kill the actress
C#m A h G#
i’m afraid that the spotlight dried you up , whoa , whoa oh
C#m
don’t even think about it
A F#m
don’t even think about it , no
G#
we’re begging you
C#m A h G#
to kill the lights , kill the actor , kill the actress
C#m
or kill us all
C#m
or kill us all
C#m
or kill us all
