Control

Intro 

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[Verso 1]
 
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I was down on my luck when you rushed in 
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You offered beauty and magic and sin 

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Non-romantic alternate lyric: You promised me safety, but you locked me in 

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I wanted a home, you wanted a game 
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After a narcissist's touch, you're never the same 

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Non-romantic alternate lyric: Once in a narcissists clutch, youre never the same 

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[Pré-Refrão]
 
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You said no one would love me, baby 
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Nobody like you, I believed you too 
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Then you went and snuck your hooks into me 
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First love I ever, first pain I ever 
 


[Refrão]
 
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I ran away, but I got sicker 
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You live in my lungs, you live in my liver 
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You fled the scene, there's not a trace 
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Tell me, is it normal to flinch at your own name? 
 Dm              Gm      A 
(Ooh) and I can never go back now 
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(Ooh) you burned my youth and my house down 
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(Ooh) tell me the truth, did you ever want love 
          A                Dm 
Or was control all it ever was? 
 


[Verso 2]
 
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I was quick to forgive, slow to anger 
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To you, I was selfish, your biggest betrayer 
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First comes thunder, then beautiful rain 
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You don't see erosion 'til it's too late 

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[Pré-Refrão]
 
                       Dm             Dm 
You said no one would love me, baby 
            Gm                  A 
Nobody like you, I believed you too 
                              Dm              Dm 
Then you went and snuck your hooks into me 
                 Gm                    A 
First love I ever, first pain I ever 
 


[Refrão]
 
 Dm               Dm 
I ran away, but I got sicker 
                A                     A 
You live in my lungs, you live in my liver 
 Dm                  Dm 
You fled the scene, there's not a trace 
                Gm                      A 
Tell me, is it normal to flinch at your own name? 
 Dm              Gm      A 
(Ooh) and I can never go back now 
 Dm                  Gm          A 
(Ooh) you burned my youth and my house down 
 Dm                Gm                      A 
(Ooh) tell me the truth, did you ever want love 

A 
 


[Ponte]
 
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But love is not control, is it? 
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Love is not a test, is it? 
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Love is not a weapon, is it? 
        A 
Is it? 
But I still hear 
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Love is not to fight, is it? 
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Love is never free, is it? 
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Love is not to leave, is it? 
        A 
Is it? 
 


[Refrão]
 
 Dm 
I ran away, but I got sicker 
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You're in my lungs, in my liver 
 Dm 
You fled the scene, there's not a trace 
                Gm                       Gm 
Tell me, is it normal to flinch at your own name? 

 Dm 

           Gm      A          Dm 
And I can never go back now 
               Gm          A            Dm 
You burned my youth and my house down 
             Gm                      A 
Tell me the truth, did you ever want love 
          A                Dm 
Or was control all it ever was?