Streetlight Manifesto - The Hands That Thieve

I felt no ^Gguilt till I was ^Dcaught And I was ^Emtold that I was guilty, And ^Ceven then I wasn't really ^Gsure, yeah ^Dyeah. The ^Cthing I felt was ^Gguilt itself Or ^Dmaybe it was something ^Emelse, Fru^Cstration at the fact that I was ^Dever caught at all. I told a ^Glie, I multi^Dplied it By the ^Emtime I realized it I'd ^Cgiven up everything I ever ^Gloved, yeah ^Dyeah. Cause the ^Cthing you left When you're ^Glooking back, Is the ^Dpressure the feel that you ^Emhave to act Yeah ^Ceverything is clearer when You're ^Dlooking at the past, oh no.

^CAnd I don't care if I ^Glose because my heroes did ^Dtoo, They shouted, "Court should ^Embe adjourned!" Because the^C jury are fools. And the judge can't de^Gcipher his left from his ^Dright Or his right from his wrong. ^CAnd we will bite the hand that ^Gthieves, We will not turn the other ^Dcheek, this is no threat It is a ^Empromise we will ^Ckeep. So what's the point pre^Gtending when we sit behind the ^Dcurtain and there's nothing much to see, oh yeah.

I felt no ^Gpain till I was ^Ddown, And I was ^Emtold that I was bleeding. And ^Ceven then I knew I wasn't ^Gdone, yeah ^Dyeah. 'Cause the ^Cwounds I get They will ^Gjust collect, In^Dsuring that I ^Emwon't forget. Re^Cminders of the battles That I've ^Dlost and that I've won And I will ^Gfight 'til I have ^Ddied Or all my enemies are ^Emallies And ^Ceven then I will sleep with an open ^Geye, yeah ^Dyeah. Cause the ^Cnight is long and our ^Ghooves are strong And I ^Dknow the road we ^Emtravel on It ^Calways seems so dark Because we've ^Dalmost reached the dawn, Oh no.

^CAnd I don't care if I ^Glose because my heroes did ^Dtoo, They shouted, "Court should ^Embe adjourned!" Because the^C jury are fools. And the judge can't de^Gcipher his left from his ^Dright Or his right from his wrong. ^CAnd we will bite the hand that ^Gthieves, We will not turn the other ^Dcheek, this is no threat It is a ^Empromise we will ^Ckeep. So what's the point pre^Gtending when we sit behind the ^Dcurtain and there's nothing much to see, oh yeah.

^EmAnd everyone will ^Cclaim, That they ^Gknew from the be^Dginning. ^EmThat what they did was ^Cwrong, They ^Gstill just went on ^Dsinning. ^EmThe sudden rush you feel When ^Crealizing everything you ^Gknow Will fade away, it haunts you ^Ddeep,

^EmSomeday we'll lose the ^Cwar, But till ^Gthen we will dream of ^Dwinning.

^CI won't for^Gget, The things you ^Dsaid, When I was ^Emdown and I was tired of ^Cit. The words you ^Gspoke, D* They brought me home. ^CWhen it was time to ^Gfight, We chose a ^Dside, But everyone ^Emknew that something didn't feel ^Cright. So we stood our ^Gground, D* And waited for a sign.

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^CWhen it was time to ^Gfight, We chose a ^Dside, But everyone ^Emknew that something didn't feel ^Cright. So we stood our ^Gground, And waited for a ^Dsign.

^DYou said don't look back! Don't look back! We ^Cwon't look ^Gback, We won't look ^Ddown, We've come too ^Emfar, We're too high off the ^Cground. The wheels have ^Gturned, The lessons ^Dlearned.