WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Future Kings Of Nowhere - Like A Staring Contest Chords | Ver. 1
D*
I've been going through the records, we're not getting any better.
A*
Maybe I'm just getting bitter, I don't really care whatever.
Bm* G*
I'm so tired of open warfare, when the point of this was to be best of friends.
D*
We've been going round in circles like a plane without an engine
A*
As we spiral down the slipstream of our quickly sinking friendship.
Bm* G*
It's a trainwreck of an ending. It's the same as if we'd never even met.
D
And now I'm going through the motions like a drunken ballerina
A
who is too tired to dance but keeps on getting up to see if
Bm G
anybody stuck around to see a show that has been over now for days.
Em G
And I know that they're gone but I keep checking anyway.
D
We've been standing here for hours on the edges of a canyon.
A
I've got my side you've got yours and we're both about to fall in.
Bm G
The pole we hold between us is the only thing that's keeping us aloft.
D
And we're standing in the hallway, both resolved to finally do this.
A
We each have our guns drawn but neither of us wants to shoot first.
Bm G
We could stay like this forever. We could stay like this and never leave.
D
But there are standards I expect our breaking up to measure up to.
A
When you fall in love as hard and recklessly as you and I do,
Bm G
It seems that the final act should have the same intensity as the first scene.
Em G D
If I don't lose a couple teeth then it just won't feel real to me.
Bm G D A
So we fall onto the floor, not really sure if this
Bm G D A
Is breaking bones or making out, maybe a bit of both.
Em G
But I won't look away first. And you won't look away first.
D*
"It's a simple proposition," said the rabbit to the badger,
A*
"I am sure if we're committed, we could dig our way to China.
Bm* G*
Wouldn't it be great to see The Wall and all those people standing on their heads?"
D* D*
So they each picked up a shovel, throwing dirt over their shoulders
A* A*
And with every shovelful, their little hole got a bit deeper
Bm* Bm* G
'Till they had to climb down in it, just to reach the bottom layer.
D
They went on like this all night, scooping up and tossing out dirt.
A
In the morning they realized they weren't getting any further.
Bm G
The hole had grown so deep that the dirt they threw kept falling back on them.
D
Said the badger to rabbit, "I am sure if we continue
A
We will pull through this on top. Perseverance is a virtue."
Bm G
So they scooped it and they tossed while the dirt piled up around their legs.
Em G D
And in a matter of hours they buried themselves in it.
Bm G D A
So we fall onto the floor, not really sure if this
Bm G D A
Is breaking bones or making out, maybe a bit of both.
Em G
But I won't look away first. And you won't look away first.
D*
I've been going through the records, we're not getting any better.
A*
Maybe I've just gotten bitter, I don't really care whatever.
Bm* G
I'm so tired of open warfare, when the point of this was to be best of friends.
D*
We've been going round in circles like a plane without an engine
A*
As we spiral down the slipstream of our quickly sinking friendship.
Bm* G
It's a trainwreck of an ending. It's the same as if we'd never even met.
D
But now I'm going through the motions like a dedicated doctor
A
Whose patient has been broken with no chance that he'll recover.
Bm G
I keep shocking at the body, just trying to make the heartbeat stay.
Em G D
And I know that it's gone but I keep trying anyway.
Bm G D A
Yeah we fall onto the floor, not really sure if this
Bm G D A
Is breaking bones or making out, maybe a bit of both.
Em G
But I won't look away first. And you won't look away first.
Em G (end on D)
No I won't look away first. And you won't look away first.
