Em G
Tell me a piece of your history
D C
that you're proud to call your own
Em G
Speak in words you picked up
D C
as you walked through life alone.
Em G
We used to swim in your stories
D C
and be pulled down by their tide,
Em G
choking on the words
D C
and drowning with no air inside.
C G
Now you've hit a wall and it's not your fault
Em D
my dear, my dear, my dear.
C G
Now you've hit a wall and you've hit it hard,
Em D
my dear, my dear, oh dear.
G C D
It is not enough to be dumbstruck;
(Can you fill the silence?)
G C D
you must have the words in that head of yours.
G C D
And oh, oh, can you feel the silence?
I can't take it anymore,
G C D
'cause it is not enough to be dumbstruck.
(Can you fill the silence?)
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Em G
Tell me a piece of your history
D C
that you've never said out loud.
Em G
Pull the rug beneath my feet
D C
and shake me to the ground.
Em G
Wrap me around your fingers,
D C
break the silence open wide,
Em G
and before it seeps into my ears,
D C
it fills me up from the inside.
C G
Now you've hit a wall and you're lost for words,
Em D
my dear, my dear, my dear.
C G
Now you've hit a wall and you hit it hard
Em D
my dear, my dear, oh dear.
G C D
It is not enough to be dumbstruck;
(Can you fill this silence?)
G C D
you must have the words in that head of yours.
G C D
And oh, oh, can you feel the silence?
I can't take it anymore,
G C D
'cause it is not enough to be dumbstruck.
(Can you fill the silence?)
Em C
If you give it a name, then it's already won.
G D
What you good for, what you good for?
Em C
If you give it a name, then it's already won.
G D
What you good for, what you good for?
Em C
If you give it a name, then it's already won.
G D
What you good for, what you good for?
Em C
If you give it a name, then it's already won.
G D
What you good for, what you good for?
G C D
It is not enough to be dumbstruck;
(Can you fill this silence?)
G C D
you must have the words in that head of yours.
G C D
And oh, oh, can you feel the silence?
I can't take it anymore,
G C D G
'cause it is not enough to be dumbstruck, oh.
