B I wanna run from the apathy from the questioning tongues G# and eyes that just wonʼt come off B and get a job in an industry where a smileʼs not required G# and the complaints are always the same B Cause baby you must be so fed up with a boy that keeps telling you G# how much good heʼs gonna do B when all that is happening ʼround here is happening in here and nothing gets out there G# except for the truth Fm C Itʼs up to you C# A#m C# cause Iʼm absolutely numb Fm itʼs up to you A#m C# D# cause Iʼm absolutely numb B G# B G# B Iʼve been adrift on the silver surf and Iʼve paddled ahead of the fear G# that Iʼd fall behind B I took drinks from the glitter smurfs and their company dads who never G# stood by in the crying B Cause no one does and nobody ever will there is only space for one and surely he gets killed G# when the engine seizes up B you might call it existential crisis I simply call it the bravery G# of emptiness Fm C itʼs up to you C# A#m C# cause Iʼm absolutely numb Fm itʼs up to you A#m C# D# cause Iʼm absolutely numb B G# B
