Intro: Em G D
Em G
A makeshift smile, a polished look
D
Some rehearsed lines was all it took
Em C D
He had it down, man, he was good
Em G
A woman screams, her mother weeps
D Em
A life so changed irrevocably
Em G C
What he stole from her is gone for good
C G C
I see sirens spinning around through my eyelids
G D Em
As he begs and he pleads just like I did
D C
Is this what my life is? Restless and silent
D Em
Where all I can do is survive
G C D
Em G
When the purest soul is stained by sin
C D
To the public eye where can she begin?
Em G D
She lost it all and it’s gone for good
G C
And she may never beat the system
D Em C
But she won’t rest until she’s turned the villain to the victim
C G D G C
I see sirens spinning around through my eyelids
D Em
As he begs and he pleads just like I did
D C
Is this what my life is? Restless and silent
Em D G
Where all I can do is survive
G G C C Em C D C C
C G C
So officer please that’s the man who’s destroyed my existence
C Em
Yeah he begged and he screamed just like I did
D C
And for this I was willing to die
Em D G
It was all I could do to survive
G C Em D C Em D Em G C