[Intro]:---
Go! --
[Verse 1]:
Stapled shut Inside an
outside world and I'm
Sealed in tight
Bizarre but right at home
Claustrophobic
Closing in and I'm
Catastrophic Not again
I’m smeared across the page
And doused in gasoline
I wear you like a stain Yet
I'm the one who's obscene
Catch me up on all your sordid
little indiscretions
I've got no time to lose I'm just
caught up in all the cattle
[Refrain 1]:
Frey the strings…
Throw the shapes…
Hold your breath…
Listen!
[Chorus]:
I am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
Before I forget that!
(Repeat)
[Interlude]:--
[Verse 2]:
I'm ripped across the ditch
And settled in the dirt and I
Wear you like a stitch
Yet I'm the one who's hurt
Pay attention to your
twisted little indiscretions
I've got no right to win I'm
just caught up in all the battles
[Refrain 2]:
Locked in clutch
Pushed in place
Hold your breath
Listen!
[Chorus]:
I am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
Before I forget that!
[Interlude]:---- x2
Guitar 2:
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B|------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------1-------|
D|-2--1-2--1-2--1-2-4-2--2--1-2--1-2--1-2---4-1-2-|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
[Bridge]:
My end
It justifies my means
All I ever do is delay
My every attempt to evade
The end of the road and my end
My end
It justifies my means
All I ever do is delay
My every attempt to evade
The end of the road
[Chorus]:
I am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
Before I forget that!
(Repeat Chorus thrice)
[Outro]:
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah Oh!