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