Paper Wings Lyrics

2005 High 4 Records
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
Tracklist:
01. Wake To The Sun
02. Closer
03. Tremble
04. Minor Key Symphony
05. Dare You To Scream
06. Porcelain
07. My Favourite Patient
08. Skin For Scars
09. Why This Last Dance
10. Miracles or Medicine
11. Feel
12. Paper Wings
Bonus Tracks:
13.) Devil In Lace
14.) Love In The Attic
15.) Don't Stop Now
16.) Silvers
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1.) Wake The Sun
Key: G#
Chords used:
C# - x46664
Intro: C#--Fm-- x4
Guitar 2:
Verse 1:
This gloomy weather
doesn't break here any
Break here any more
The sun abandon us for
blue skies somewhere
Blue skies somewhere warm
The world outside my window
is scratching at my door
There's only stories of
what life was like before
Chorus:
Take me away where the
skies aren't shades of grey
Ba-by lets make our escape
To a place where we can
wake to the sun again
Verse 2:
Board the windows
up its cold as hell
It's cold as hell out there
Light some candles
need to shed some light
To shed some light in here
The streets are cold and damp
The trees are dark and bare
This dead season it seems to
last right through the year
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
Let's leave it all behind us
Find a nice little island
Where we can live like a story
That ends like a fairytale
Leave all of your possessions
Forget all that you thought you knew
So we can live like a movie
that ends like we want it to
Verse 3:
And I wanna go
now now now
And I wanna go
now now now
Let's leave it all behind us
Find a nice little island
Where we can live like a
story that ends like a fairytale
(Repeat Chorus twice)
Outro: C#(hold)
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2.) Closer
Key: F#
Chords used:
C# - x46664
Intro: Ebm, Ebm--B--F#--C#-- x2
Verse 1:
What started out as desire
turned into a lover's tryst
Who knew a moth and a flame
could ever spawn a love like
this Now you need something
To taste something just
a little bit more sweet
But I am sour and more sour
every time that our lips meet
Refrain:
If you're a butterfly
I'm suicide by insecticide
If I am kerosene then you're
a spark just begging to ignite
You'll wish you never met me
Butterfly butterfly float on by me
Chorus:
Never meant to cut so deep
Just enough to bleed
Feel the sting as
you get closer
Closer and closer to me
Don't let me hold
something so delicate
I'll shatter it with a word
Don't say a thing as we
get closer and closer
Damn this is gonna hurt
Verse 2:
The ghost of pathetic past is
haunting me here more and more
Skeletons are laughing at
me through the closet door
And now past lovers
share these covers
Sleeping with my enemies
Thoughts of others
come between us
Trigger fits of jealousy
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)
Interlude: G#m--F#/Bb--B--C#
Bridge:
You can paint me pretty colours
And dress me how you like
I'm just an ugly moth in love
In a butterfly disguise
I've been thinking about leaving
since the day that we met
If I don't get close when
it's all over I'll just forget
Cause I have seen the end
So many times I've
played it in my mind
And I am scared to death
I never wanna see your dark side
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)
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3.) Tremble
Key: G#
Chords used:
C# - x46664
Intro: Fm--G#-- x3
Verse 1:
My lips they tremble
from this silence
But I'd rather chew
on razorblades
Than speak the words
I want to say
Don't tell me
you are sorry
I see this thing
all too clearly
Now we're past
apologies
I just want you
to bleed like me
Refrain:
I should have known but I never
thought you would do this to me
It hurts laugh now that
I know the joke was on me
Chorus:
And it makes me sick to think
about all those dirty things
And the pictures in my head
You should have slit
my throat instead It would
have made more sense
We wouldn't have this mess
The blood would dry
but the lies you hide
Were rotting your insides
Interlude: Fm--G#-
Verse 2:
My stomachs got
this aching feeling
Thinkings got
the best of me
Brought out the
worst for all to see
This feels like everybody
knows a secret I don't
These malicious grins
and whispering
A vicious plot to kill
what's left of me
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
They'll never know
cause we'll never tell
Your secrets safe with me
I'll never let it out
They'll never know
Your secrets safe with me
I'll never let it out
My lips they tremble
from this silence
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus twice)
Outro:
My lips they tremble
from this silence
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4.) Minor Key Symphony
Key: Eb
Chords used:
Intro: Eb---G#, Eb--Bb--Fm--G#-- x2
Verse 1:
Got a postcard
A postcard from
a better place
And it read
I wish you were here
I wish you were
And the soundtrack
The soundtrack from
a better night
And it sang
I wish you were here
You should have
stayed here
Refrain:
As life leaves my eyes I
realize I must have died
It looks like I didn't make
it through the night
Chorus:
I never got to say goodbye
I'll never get to say anything
at all again to a world
That barely knew I was alive
Sing a requiem for me
Make it sad but sweet
A song about release
A minor key symphony
Verse 2:
Found a letter
A letter from A
dear old friend
And it said
"I wish you were here"
I wish you were
And a prayer
A prayer in A
familiar voice
And she wept
I wish you were here
Why can't you be here?
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)
Bridge:
I got your flowers today
So perfectly arranged
With a card attached
?I'm sorry you could not stay?
They came a little late
I had to wait til they died
There's no tears up here
But I'm sure that
Eb---G#(hold)
I would have cried
Verse 3:
To everyone I've loved
To all who once loved me
I never meant to leave
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro:
Sing a requiem for me
Make it sad but sweet
A song about release
G#(hold)
A minor key symphony
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5.) Dare You To Scream
Key: E
Chords used:
Intro: G#m--A-- x8
Verse 1:
Pour another drink for me
I like it better when I'm numb
Something's gotta give
These conversations make me dumb
You look so good when your scared
It turns me on when
you fear for your
Refrain 1:
Life
I couldn't love you any better
You've turned me into a killer
And I'm sorry but you're all
outta luck tonight
Baby your time is up
Chorus:
Something's gotta hold of me
doesn't want you to breathe
Stands over YOU and watch you BLEED
I'll be the last thing you see
Go ahead I dare you to scream
The words can live with me
Pleading wont take you anywhere
Decided not to care
Verse 2:
Don't waste another breathe on me
Your gonna need every one
Don't waste your time with this
Your dying moments almost done
There is no time for last words
Your life should be
flashing right about now
Refrain 2:
Now
I couldn't love you any better
You've turned me into a killer
And I'm sorry but you're all
outta luck tonight
Baby your time is up
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
I've decided not to care
I've decided not to care
A B C#m(hold)
I've decided not to care
Verse 3:
Like Romeo and Juliet
were dying in the end
We never loved each other
at least I never did
And if you did you had a
sick way of showing it
Star crossed lovers and
the blackest of skies
Had a dream about the 2
of us one of us died
I'm sorry you had to
die like this tonight
Refrain 3:
I couldn't love you any better
You've turned me into a killer
And I'm sorry but you're all
outta luck tonight
Baby your time is up
(Repeat Chorus)
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6.) Porcelain
Key: C
Chords used:
Intro: Am
Verse 1:
Sat up for hours
Thought of a lover
I'll probably never
Get the chance
to hold again
All of my days
spend waiting for
Nights with her
again again
And I'm sharing a
drink with a memory
And a laugh with
an empty seat
Do you still look the same?
Will you still
look at me the same?
Cause I know that I don't
I've gotten so old
in these last few years
And I'd rather be fighting with you
Than sleeping here, next to her
Chorus:
Don't let me fall, I'll break
What a mess I'd make
Pathetic --pieces-- on your floor
Will cut your feet forever more
You're porcelain, such fragile skin
Just let me hold you I'll be gentle
I won't drop you
This time I'll be careful
Verse 2:
Forget for just one second
That this is not alright
Let's drink to feeling nothing
At least just for tonight
Stay for one more
Pass out on the floor
like we used to do
It got so hot in your room
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
And I can't let it go
This phantom pain
I'm feeling
And the hurt won't
leave me alone
And I'm tired of
G C(hold)
sleeping with ghosts
Interlude: C--G/B--Am--G--
Verse 3:
Fell asleep
with your ghost
Woke up with a
headache
From the cure that's
only temporary
And in the morning
always fails me
(Repeat Chorus)
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7.) My Favorite Patient
Key: C# then F#
Chords used:
Intro:
Did you know that you're
my favourite patient?
Did you know that you're
my favourite patient here?
Bbm--Fm--F#-- x2
Verse 1:
Did you know that I feel numb
Did you know that you're
my favourite patient here?
Did you know that any chain
Did you know that I need this
streaming more than you do
Refrain:
When you find it hard to breathe
And your heart has skipped a beat
We'll rush you to intensive
care and declare emergency
Chorus:
Well I'm not gonna lie to you
This is gonna hurt like
nothing that you've ever felt
This is gonna hurt like hell
And if it takes us through the night
I'll sleep when you are alright
I'll sleep when you're fine
When you regain all vital signs
Verse 2:
Do you remember love?
Do you remember love
for the first time?
I'm sorry to say
I'm sorry it'll never be
like that again
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)
Interlude: Bbm--Fm--F#-- x2
Bridge:
Don't panic grin and bare it
It will all end soon I promise you
Don't panic grin and bare it
It will all end soon I swear to you
Verse 3:
Did you know that you're
my favourite patient?
Did you know that you're
my favourite patient
my favourite patient here
(Repeat Chorus)
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8.) Skin For Scars
Key: G#
Chords used:
C# - x46664
Intro: Fm--C#--
Verse 1:
Tie these hands
They shake too
much to hold you
To hold you
With wandering eyes
It's so hard
to watch you
To watch out for you
To watch out for you
Chorus:
Every time you almost died
I chased your soul to the sky
And brought it back to you
Before your body
knew that it was gone
Every cut that didn't scar
I know exactly where they are
I wear them all for you
Your skin is such a nicer tissue
Verse 2:
I'm out of shape and
Much too slow to chase you
To chase you
It's time you
found somebody new
To save you
?Cause I can't save you
I can't save you
Refrain:
No this is not alright
Everything's not fine
Don't trust me with your life
Don't put your faith in me
I'm much too weak to
keep you safe tonight
(Repeat)
(Repeat Chorus)
Your skin is such a nicer tissue
Bridge:
I'm cutting off my wings
I don't deserve to fly
What the hell have I done
I almost let you die
I let you down my friend
I failed you once again
But this time is way too
C#(hold)
close I can't save you
Verse 3:
I'm a fake
I'm entirely
made out of plastic
I'm a fake
I'll destroy almost
anything delicate
I'm a fake
Make you think that
everything's perfect now
I'm a fake, I'm a fake
And I've been found out
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro:
C# G#(hold)
I traded my skin for your scars
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9.) Why This Last Dance
Key: F#
Chords used:
C# - x46664
Verse 1:
As we dance here in
this empty apartment
Echoes of laughter
will long live here after
Put your memories in boxes
And cut all your losses
Romance left
this place long ago
If these walls
could talk
They'd tell me
it's time to go
Refrain:
You gave this place
so much color
I don't know why I
did not see
that before
You gave life
to this place
Without you
C#/F B(hold)
it's empty space
Verse 2:
As we kiss knowing
that it's our last one
Pull the sheets
from the mattress
Sleep hasn't found us
Take the curtains
from the window
Let the world see
this last dance
And now what
is left for us
Turn all the
lights out
Lock the door
behind us
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus:
Someone else can
hang pictures
over holes in the walls
Duck and take cover from
the screams in the hall
Sing you to sleep when
you're hurt from the fall
F# C#/F B C# F#/Bb B x2
And somehow I will miss this all
Verse 3:
Let's burn this place down
and scatter the ashes
Paint it with gasoline
and start throwing matches
Somewhere in this wreck
remains dying love
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus except last line)
And somehow I will miss this all
Outro:
As we dance knowing
that it's our last one
If these walls could talk
they'd tell us
Ebm C#/F B(hold)
it's time to go
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10.) Miracles Or Medicine
Key: B
Chords used:
C# - x46664
Intro: C#, C#--F#-- x16
Verse 1:
Don't flinch
Don't move
Don't make a sound
Take a deep breath
It might be a while
til the next time
we can breathe again
I know you're hurt
But don't say a word
You need to
save your strength
It's gonna be a long
night waiting for the cure
Chorus:
Who will find us here
All alone my dear
The angels or the ambulance
Which will save us now
All the pills we've downed
Miracles or medicine
Verse 2:
The cold damp air
The glass in your hair
The Smell of perfume
mixed with gasoline
I think I might be sick
As the radio
Plays a song we know
Through a static frequency
G#m(hold)
I hear it freely
The blood and makeup
on your face
It's hard to see
You're hard to see
But you're beautiful
And I've told you so
Maybe not enough but
you need to know
That I meant it
That I meant it everytime
(Repeat Chorus twice)
Bridge:
Your eyes look like glass
As tears freeze on their lashes
Your lips won't stop
shaking as time quickly passes
Outlines in dark red
of angels where you lay
The epitome of all
beauty is dying slowly
Right in front of me
Verse 3:
Send flashing lights
Distress calls in the night
Where's the heroes
When you need them the most
Send anything
I don't care anymore
Where's the miracles
when you're all out of hope
(Repeat Chorus)
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11.) Feel
Key: B
Chords used:
Verse 1:
Beautiful in the dress
I laid out for you
Let your hair down the
way you always used to
The tile is cold
the tap is dripping
As I go to rinse
my hands of you
And watch the
pieces one by one
Wash away down the drain
Refrain:
I'll fake this morning
at your funeral
Dressed in black and
trying not to laugh
Chorus:
Sleep tight my dear
This will be your
last night here
Breathing among the living
I've got some plans for you
Sweet dreams my love
It will all be over soon
We're just waiting
for the poison
In your blood to
reach your heart
Post chorus: E-Ebm-G#m(hold)
Verse 2:
So cold and pale
laid out before me
So weak and frail
quiet as can be
Peacefully sleeping
for all eternity
No one will
ever suspect me
Fingerprints and DNA
won't give me away
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus and Post Chorus x3)
Bridge:
I brought your
favourite flowers
Your mother said you
would have loved them
I'll read your
favourite poem out loud
And I'll break down
I'll break down
You said that I don't feel
And that's why you
could not live with me
I don't feel the least
bit sad right now
How's that for irony?
(Repeat Refrain)
I can't Help not to laugh
(Repeat Chorus)
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12.) Paper Wings
Key: B
Chords used:
Intro: B--F#-- x2
Verse 1:
Your paper wings got
ruined in the rain
Coat hanger halo got rusted
The lace fell off
the dress you made
Your the saddest little angel
Mascara left a sour taste
Chorus 1:
And I wish that I was there
when you took that fall
I'm too weak to pick you up
But I would've laid down
in this puddle beside you
Cause it's all that I can do
I didn't have the
heart to tell you
It's really bad
It's really bad this time
(Repeat Intro)
Verse 2:
Like wild horses
running scared
From a storm that's
too much to bare
It's sad the things
you used to fear
Don't seem so bad
they're not so bad
Don't let them scare you
Chorus 2:
And I pushed your bed
to the window today
You're still not well enough
turned your visitors away
I fight these tears
by your bedside
How dare I let
you see me cry
I didn't have the
heart to tell you
It's really bad
It's really bad this time
Interlude: B--G#m--Ebm--E--
Bridge:
Your wings weren't meant for this
This weather that no one guessed
No calm before the storm
And it's gone before the panic sets
So let's take our time with this
Bleach the mud from off your dress
You make such an innocent
mess in all of this
(Repeat Chorus 1)
End on B
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13.) Devil In Lace
Key: F#
Chords used:
C# - x46664
Intro: Ebm--, Ebm-Bbm-B-- x3, C#--
Verse 1:
Sweat drenched skin
covered in white lace
devilish accomplice
in lingerie
tonight tonight
revenge has a face
and she's gonna
have her way
open windows and
unlocked doors
secrets left on
bedroom floors
we'll stay in here
un--der these sheets
playing this game of
twisted hide and seek
Refrain:
don't try to run
she'll find you
don't make this hurt
more than it has to
just a kiss her taste
could cure me
I need a fix for my
sweet tooth craving
Chorus:
I'm doing this
purely for revenge
loathe every moan
and creak in the bed
I've gotta say I'm
quite impressed
how fast she fell
out of that dress
every dirty word
she whispered
and every sick thing
she screamed
I hope they echo
off your walls
I hope they haunt
your every dream
Verse 2:
deep breaths with the
cruelest intentions
a motive we're
not gonna mention
revenge revenge is a girl
I know and she
can't let this go
through the keyholes
off the walls
echoes chasing
down the halls
evidence spread
all around
patiently waiting
waiting to be found
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)
Post Chorus:
Your every dream
(Repeat Twice)
Ebm--F#--B--C#--
Bridge:
I wont just
stab your back
I've got blueprints
for attack
and it won't be quick
i'll tell you this
I think you know me
better than that
with surgical precision
I'll make a
small incision
directly to the
side of your spine
I'm taking back
what's mine
with surgical precision
I'll make a
small incision
directly to the
side of your spine
I'm taking back
what's mine
(Repeat Chorus twice)
(Repeat Post Chorus)
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14.) Love In The Attic
Key: C#
Chords used:
C# - x46664
Intro: Bbm--G#/C-C#-Ebm-F#--C#-G#-- x2
Verse 1:
Time will tell I'm not well
Take me to the attic
Lock me up show me hell
Just let me have it
You are the sweetest thing
You're always
taking care of me
It took the softest hands
To put me back together again
Refrain 1:
And She loves to dance
in the rain
It's the sound of
it that makes her wet
She melts when
I say her name
Pin her to the
wall and say
Chorus:
Use me baby
Abuse me maybe tie
me to the bed post
And leave for a few days
Tell me you love me
As you torture and taunt me
Make me hurt so bad
That it has to feel
good when you stop
Verse 2:
Show me all don't you hide
Tell me all your secrets
It's ok don't be shy
We're all a little twisted
You are the cutest thing
You're always looking out for me
It took the greenest eyes
To make me see the beauty again
(Repeat Refrain and chorus)
Bridge:
And if you really love me
You would do all
this to show me
This might be the only way
That I can feel again
Interlude: Bbm--
Verse 3:
You are the sweetest
thing I have ever known
Whisper me your secrets I won't
tell they'll never know
You are the cutest thing
I have ever seen
Tell me all your dreams
Can't tell what you mean to me
(Repeat Bridge in Acosutic mode)
I can feel again
Come On
(Repeat Chorus in Acosutic mode)
(Repeat Bridge in Acosutic mode)
End on C#
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15.) Don't Stop Now
Key: F#
Chords used:
C# - x46664
Intro: F#--B--, F#--Ebm-C#- x2, F#--B--
Verse 1:
God I love that sound
You know it drives me wild
How I need your laugh
Addicted to your smile
Now I crave those lips
And the way that they kiss
You give me something to miss
Refrain:
Pull me in close
Don't let me go
I'll try to run cause
it's all I know
But here I am show me how
Whatever this is
don't stop it now
Chorus:
Tell me this will
always feel brand new
Again and again like a
beautiful flower in bloom
Tell me this will
always feel like this
Over and over don't
blink cause you might miss
Interlude: F#--Ebm-C#--
Verse 2:
With the softest touch
You got me shivering
Tease me with your skin
Come on let me in
Shut the bedroom door
Take me on the floor
You got me begging for more
(Repeat Refrain adn Chorus)
Post Chorus:
don't blink cause
you might miss
Bridge:
I'm not sure what this is
But I think I like it
I really think I like this
Whatever this
is don't stop it now
Verse 3:
don't stop now
I can taste it
As the sweat falls
from your neck
And the perfume leaves
a sting I won't forget
As you're sliding
back into you dress
I become a nervous wreck
Cause I'm waiting
patiently to see
If you'll be leaving me
You'll be leaving me
You'll be leaving me
You'll be leaving me
(Repeat Chorus)
End on F#
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16.) Silvers
Key: F#
Chords used:
C# - x46664
Intro: Ebm--B-- x2
Verse 1:
Are you loathsome tonight
Chasing hours with wine
If it's drama you wanted
you know darling you got it
It's what we do best always
dressed to impress
Try to cover it in make up but
there's no hiding this mess
Remember love and how
we used to be in it
She said she won't she's
trying hard to forget it
Remember lust and how a
touch gave us shivers
I can't get close to you
your skin gives me slivers
Refrain 1:
You don't care enough to cry
There's nothing real
left in your eyes
No fairy tales no lullabies
I'm only asking
this of you one
Chorus 1:
time
May I have this dance
before the moment's past
I hate this song but I
hope that it lasts
I'll sing in your ear off
time and out of key
But you're just not happy
being miserable with me
Verse 2:
The mirror ball fell to
the floor between us
So we can see how pathetic we
look in a thousand little pieces
So watch your step for
the next three minutes
I'm not giving up on you
until this song is finished
Remember love and all
the ways that we'd make it
We lost the passion when
did you start to fake it
Remember lust and how a
touch gave us shivers
I can't get close to you
your skin gives me slivers
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus 1)
Bridge:
The way you look tonight
The way you can't
look me right in the eye
I've never seen a
smile so wide
I've never seen a
smile so contrived
I know that you would rather
be anywhere but here with me
Chorus 2: Piano Mode
May I have this dance
before the moment's past
I hate this song but I
hope that it lasts
I'll sing in your ear off
time and out of key
But you're just not happy
being miserable with me
Chorus 3: Back to Distortion
May I have this dance
before the moment's past
I hate this song but I
hope that it lasts
I'll sing in your ear off
time and out of key
But you're just not happy
being miserable with me
(Repeat)