Shovels & Rope - Coping mechanism

I’ve got to find a better ^Ccoping mechanism ^G I’m falling apart, disinte^Cgrating in the schism ^G 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 been ^Gliving ^Can il^Glusion

^GThey say there’s just no substitute for the ^Creal 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 the ^Cmonster of the millennium ^G Someday they’ll thank us for the ^Dhell that we was givin’ em ^C When all of this time we just hope we were ^Gborder^Cline of^Gfendin’ em

^GThey say there’s just no substitute for the ^Creal thing The kind of chemical that can ^Gmake your ^Cwhole body ^Gsing Scrub it till you’re ^Dbleedin’ but you can’t scrub out the ^D7stain Leave your mouth wide ^Gopen while you’re ^Cdrowning in the ^Grain ^Em

Put your head dow^Gn, wipe the spit out your eye ^Em Ain’t nobody coming to your ^Gpoor me parade ^Em When trouble comes to your doo^Gr, what you ignoring it for You’ll be ^Astanding there helpless when it ^Dcomes on in

^DThey say there’s just no substitute for the ^Creal thing The kind of chemical that’ll ^Gmake your ^Cwhole body ^Gsing You can test your ^Dmerit, you can show it some res^D7traint But in the end you’re just a ^Gpredicta^Cble re^Gfrain

Oh, ain’t nothing like the ^Creal thing The kind of chemical that’ll ^Gmake your ^Cwhole body ^Gsing You can test your ^Dmerit, you can show it some res^D7traint But in the end you’re just a ^Gpredicta^Cble re^Gfrain

While you’re ^Cpoison in your ^Gbrain (Cause you’re heart has been mislain) But you’re ^Cgonna die just the ^Gsame (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