The Allegory

Intro 

Am   G   C   F 

G   D 



[Verso 1]
 
                      Dm 
Have you met my better half? 
Am              Em         C 
Built by hand, I made this mess 
 Dm 
I can't relax, it's on my back 
         Am               G 
Breathing down my neck, I thought I'd left 
 


[Pré-Refrão]
 
F 
Left in the past, thought I left it for dead 
          E                     C 
Thought I buried the debt long ago 
 


[Refrão]
 
F 
I'm running till I can't breathe 
       A 
But my shadow's catching up 
   G 
My shadow's catching up with me 
F 
The brighter the light on me, yeah 
    A 
The more that I can see 
   G 
My shadow's catching up with me 
 


[Verso 2]
 
Am       Dm 
Curse the cave for all those days 
    Am               C 
Made me this way, no saving grace 
        Am 
There's no escape, end of the day 
                C 
Meet my mistakes unfaced to face 
 


[Pré-Refrão]
 
F 
Left in the past, thought I left it for dead 
          E                     Am 
Thought I buried the debt long ago 
 


[Refrão]
 
F               Am 
I'm running till I can't breathe 
       G 
But my shadow's catching up 
   G 
My shadow's catching up with me 
F               Am 
The brighter the light on me, yeah 
    G 
The more that I can see 
   G 
My shadow's catching up with me 
F           Am 
The darkest part of myself 
G                            F 
Followed me out of my living hell 
             Am 
A lifetime of hide and seek 
       G 
But my shadow's catching up 
   G 
My shadow's catching up with me 
 


[Ponte]
 
F                   Am 
Could you take me to God? 
                       G 
Could you take out the rot? 
                                  C            F 
That you sewed to my heels, kinda feels like a rock 
                    Am 
And it's weighing me down 
                 G 
And when I turn around 
                                       Am 
And I see that it's taken the shape of me 
 


[Refrão]
 
                Am 
I'm running till I can't breathe 
       G 
But my shadow's catching up 
   G 
My shadow's catching up with me 
F               Am 
The brighter the light on me, yeah 
    A 
The more that I can see 
   Am 
My shadow's catching up with me 
 

Outro 

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F   E   G   C 

F   Am   G