The Details In The Devil
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: F#mCapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Verse 1]
F#m A
Take a peek behind the curtain at my grand design
Bm A
Any less than picture perfect and it'll be cast aside
F#m Bm A
I'm so impatient for inspiration, my pen becomes the sword
Bm F#m C#
Because I'll scrap ya if I have to go back to the drawing board
Bm A
Some dreams are simply meant to die
G# N.C.
What happens if they get revived?
[Verse 2]
F#m
You thought you could toss me out?
F#m
The ink ain't even dry
F#m
I'm no good, so cross me out
C#m
And then we'll dot some eyes
F#m
That's a price all artists pay
F#m
A "sacrifice"? (That's so cliche)
F#m Bm
But lightning struck and I was born
C#
The final cut just cut my cord
F#m C#m
Your dark imagination might be where demons hide
F#m C#
So why'd you ever blame them when your pen brought them to life? (No)
F#m C#m
You can't choose your family at least, not genetically
F#m D# D B
But I feel like we'll be real quick friends
C#
You brought me back, so don't that make sense? (Oh, that makes sense)
[Pre-Chorus]
F#m E D#m Dm C#
Oh, don't you color me surprised (I only see in black and white)
C#
'Cause you can kill the show (it'll always get revived)
[Chorus]
F#m
You made it happen, you made it real
C#
When you imagined, you gave us life, and made us feel
F#m N.C.
Your thunder clappin'
F#m
It's getting real
So if you haven't checked the forecast
C# F#m
The weather's lookin' wet, I'll take the wheel
[Verse 3]
F#m
So what if I'm a little rough around the edges?
C#
I'm an unmade masterpiec, I keep artists on their ledges
F#m
This reboot might get messy that's why I'm sorta sketchy
D Bm C#
I don't dance obediently the demon's knees are far from bendy
F#m C#m
You made me in your image so I lack a soul (bam, bam, bam)
F#m C#
Tryna wipe me from existence? You're playing whack-a-mole (ow)
F#m
Too bad you cannot erase me, that, in fact, is why you hate me
D
I'm your vision, bastardized
C#
(Like frankenstein), then actualized
[Pre-Chorus]
F#m Bm C#
No, I won't color you surprised (you pull the plug, I'm still alive)
C#
True artists never thrive (at best they'll survive)
[Chorus]
F#m
You made it happen, you made it real
C#
Nobody's acting, but it's a show I'm gonna steal
F#m
Go call the cast in, I'll play the heel (ya-hahaha)
F#m
And if you haven't read the details
C# F#m
The devil's due his debt so take the deal
[Bridge]
C#m Bm
I've been abominated, hollow eyes aglow
C#
Reanimated, yet unrecognizable
F#m
No better way to paint it
C#m Bm
This frame cannot contain it
C#
To think of talent wasted out of ink
C#
But now I taste it
F#m C#m
La-la-la-la
Bm C#
Even angels need to let the steam off
F#m C#m
La-la-la-la
Bm C#
And no one's here to shut the damn machine off
F#m C#m
This work of art once pure of heart
Bm C#
May still, become, corrupted (all the stains are my scars)
F#m
I've come to find, it wasn't lightning
Bm C#
That I've been struck with
[Chorus]
F#m
You made it happen, you made it real
F#m
Lights, camera, action
F#m C#
You put me right back on the reel
F#m
Now look who's laughin', your fate is sealed
F#m
Don't bother askin' for the details
C# F#m
The devil's due his debt and that's the deal
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