Shovels & Rope - Coping mechanism

I’ve got to find a be^Ctter coping mechani^Gsm I’m falling apart, di^Csintegrating in the schi^Gsm Is it a show or ^Dis it realism ^C Lost and found and then I was ^Glocked up ^Cin a pr^Gison

I better find a more ^Csuitable solution ^G Before I reach the most pre^Cdictable conclusion ^G To be the victim of my ^Dpersonal delusion ^C Just to find that I’ve ^Gbeen li^Cving ^Gan illusion

^GThey say there’s just no substitute for^C the real thing The kind of chemical that can ^Gmake your ^Cwhole body ^Gsing You can take the ^Dneedle and shove it in your ^D7vein And call it medi^Gcation to ^Calleviate you ^Gpain

I do my best to keep the con^Cfusion to a minimum ^G I’ll try not to be^C the monster of the millenni^Gum Someday they’ll thank us for^D the hell that we was givinâ^C€™ em When all of this time we just hope we were ^Gborder^Cline of^Gfendin’ em

^GThey say there’s just no substitute for^C the real thing The kind of chemical that can ^Gmake your ^Cwhole body ^Gsing Scrub it till youâ€^D™re bleedin’ but you can’t^D7 scrub out the stain Leave your mouth wide ^Gopen while youâ€^C™re drowning in^G the ra^Emin

Put your head dow^Gn, wipe the spit out your eye ^Em Ain’t nobody coming to ^Gyour poor me para^Emde When trouble comes to your doo^Gr, what you ignoring it for You’l^Al be standing there helpless whe^Dn it comes on in

^DThey say there’s just no substitute for^C the real thing The kind of chemical thatâ€^G™ll make ^Cyour whole ^Gbody sing You can test your ^Dmerit, you can show it some res^D7traint But in the end you’re ju^Gst a pre^Cdictab^Gle refrain

Oh, ain’t nothing like^C the real thing The kind of chemical thatâ€^G™ll make ^Cyour whole ^Gbody sing You can test your ^Dmerit, you can show it some res^D7traint But in the end you’re ju^Gst a pre^Cdictab^Gle refrain

While youâ€^C™re poison in ^Gyour brain (Cause you’re heart has been mislain) But youâ€^C™re gonna die just^G the same (For a dream you could not attain) Cause you ^Cdrove yourself ^Ginsane (And there’s nobody left to blame) So you just ^Ccarry on an ^Gcomplain Till ^Cyou forget your ^Gname