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F#m        D     E                 A      G
Rain beats down, down on the outer walls
            D                   C#m
Down on the skylight, where the streetlights
F#m                     E    D
Shine like unquenchable coals
F#m        D     E                  A    G
And I’m up high, trying to say goodbye
                    F#m 
The only way I know how
          D
Crude and graceless
A       G           D
Peeking through the eyeholes
(D)
Seeing the real you


    A          Bm   
And just after midnight
        D                       A
When it feels like it's getting late
          E
I will reveal you
          Bm
I will reveal you


A, Asus2, A


F#m          D     E                  A   G    Dsus2
Crowd's half-gone, just a few hangers-on
        C#m             F#m                           E     D
Come to see me finally tear through the stitching at last
F#m           D              E                    A     G
And you don't care, you look almost relieved down there
            F#m                D
Like you're free, like you can breathe now
A           G              D
Like they've sawn off your cast
(D)
One more sleeper to see through


    A         Bm
And by way of honoring
    D                        A
The things we once both held dear
       E
I will reveal you
       Bm
I will reveal you


A, Asus2, A, repeat


G       Dsus2      A
Cast of thousands
(A)    G        D         A
But we were the real two
(A)          Bm
And when I'm alone
         D              A
Before a mirror late at night
       E
I will reveal you
       Bm
I will reveal you


A, Asus2, A, repeat


End on A