Verse
      Am                         G  
  Thinning airflow through a narrow hallway  
       Am                                 G  
  Hanging heads from the billboards, hoping to entertain  
                        F  
  I hear the circle resonate  
                      Dm  
  You're all nameless faces to me  
                        Am  
  I'm merely a short daydream  
                   G  
  I helped you get through nothing  
     
     
  [Chorus]  
                         Am  
  And if you look real close  
                         C  
  Hands held under the thorns  
                         Em  
  Keep you proud and me unknown  
                         D  
  I'm your toy when things get shallow  
                     Am       G         Am       G  
  I'm under your control  
     
     
  [Verse 2]  
  Am                                         G  
  Press your face to wood floor, you're the grain  
  Am                                         G  
  Here's a savior for when you don't feel anything  
                         F  
  I am what you want me to be  
                            Dm  
  Ripped right out in front of me  
                                Am  
  I was on the edge of your everything  
                          G  
  Now something gets in the way  
                          F  
  Innocence sedates your memory  
                      Dm  
  The misbelief in anything  
                       Am  
  I see you on every city street  
                        G  
  Looking for me to fix your pain  
     
     
  [Chorus]  
                          Am  
  And if you look real close  
                          C  
  Hands held under the thorns  
                           Em  
  Keep you proud and me unknown  
                           Dm  
  I'm your toy when things get shallow  
                 Am  
  It swallows everyone  
                             C                         Em  
  You don't hold enough to show anything for what you've done  
                                  Dm  
  I'm your toy when things get shallow  
     
  I'm under your control  
     
     
  [Interlude]  
  Am Dm     Am Dm  
     
     
  [Bridge]  
  C  
  I've wished for this  
              Am  
  Well, my attention comes and goes ever since  
  C  
  And I've dreamt of this  
                Am                                  C  
  Well, it is never clean behind the film we're staring at  
     
     
  [Chorus]  
                          Am  
  And if you look real close  
                         C  
  Hands held under the thorns  
                           Em  
  Keep you proud and me unknown  
                            Dm  
  I'm your toy when things get shallow  
     
  It swallows everyone  
  Am                         C                              Em  
  You don't hold enough to show anything for what you've done  
                                  D  
  I'm your toy when things get shallow  
                    Am  
  I'm under your control 
 
             
                           
                          