Belle & Sebastian - Nobodys empire

^CLying on my bed I was reading french With the l^Amight too b^Gright for my ^Fsen^Cses ^CFrom this hiding place, life was way too much It was lo^Amud and r^Gough round the ^Fedg^Ces So I f^Gaced the wall when an ^Fold man called Out of d^Greams that I would d^Fie th^Cere But a s^Gight unseen, you were p^Fulling strings And you h^Gad a different ^Fide^Ca

^CI was like a child, I was light as straw When my f^Amather lif^Gted me ^Fup t^Chere ^CTook me to a place where they checked my body My s^Amoul was f^Gloating in t^Fhin ^Cair I c^Glung to the bed, and I ^Fclung to the past And I ^Gclung to the welcome ^Fdarkn^Cess But at the e^Gnd of the night, there's a ^Fgreen green light It's the qu^Giet before the ^Fmad^Cness There was a g^Dmirl that sang like the chime of a bell She pu^Ft out her arm and she touched me when I was in h^Cell when I was in ^Ghell

^CSomeone sang a song and I sang along Cause I k^Amnew the w^Gords from my ^Fchild^Chood ^CIntellect, ambition they fell away They l^Amocked me ^Gup for my o^Fwn g^Cood But I ^Gdidn't mind cause the ^Fsilence was kind And you s^Gpoke to me in ^Fwhis^Cpers There was the so^Gund of the wind in the c^Fold cold dawn And the q^Guiet hum of ^Fbusi^Cness Let me d^Dmangle a while in this waiting room I don't ^Fneed to go I don't need to know what your ^Cdoing what your ^Gdoing

^CLying on my side you were half awake and your f^Amace was t^Gired and ^Fcrum^Cpled ^CIf I had a camera I'd snap you now cos there's b^Ameauty ^Gin every s^Ftumb^Cle We are o^Gut of practise w^Fe're out of sight On the e^Gdge of nobody's ^Femp^Cire If we l^Give by books and we l^Five by hope Does that ^Gmake us targets for ^Fgunf^Cire?

^CNow I look at you you're a mother of two You're a q^Amuiet r^Gevol^Futi^Con ^CMarching with the crowd singing dirty and loud For the ^Ampeople's e^Gmanci^Fpat^Cion Did I ^Gdo ok, did I ^Fpave the way Was I ^Gstrong when you were ^Fwan^Cting I was t^Gied to the yoke with a ^Fdecent bloke Who was s^Gtern but never d^Faunt^Cing And he t^Dmold me to push and he made me feel well And he t^Fold me to leave that vision of hell to the d^Cying oh to the dyi^Gng