Em G D 

Em                              G
A makeshift smile, a polished look
                     D
Some rehearsed lines was all it took
Em                          C      D
He had it down, man, he was good
Em                             G
A woman screams, her mother weeps
                  D          Em
A life so changed irrevocably
Em                             G   C
What he stole from her is gone for good

C     G                                 C
I see sirens spinning around through my eyelids
      G                 D              Em
As he begs and he pleads just like I did
        D                             C
Is this what my life is? Restless and silent
          D            Em
Where all I can do is survive

G C D

Em                                 G
When the purest soul is stained by sin
       C                    D
To the public eye where can she begin?
Em                             G        D
She lost it all and it’s gone for good
            G                       C    
And she may never beat the system
                        D                  Em                     C
But she won’t rest until she’s turned the villain to the victim

C     G      D               G             C
I see sirens spinning around through my eyelids
                        D          Em
As he begs and he pleads just like I did
                     D                C
Is this what my life is? Restless and silent
Em                 D       G
Where all I can do is survive

G G C C Em C D C C

C   G                                                   C
So officer please that’s the man who’s destroyed my existence
C                                        Em
Yeah he begged and he screamed just like I did
        D                       C
And for this I was willing to die
       Em          D        G
It was all I could do to survive