Intrascope

	Phoenix (Pride)
C G F C       
Like a phoenix, I crawl from the ashes,
Knocking down walls, my internal crashes,
                                      D
Bitter-sweet I taste my pride,
     C                 D           G
Breaking out from the inside.
                 
                 Em    C                    D
(Chorus) Break free,  all you want to be
Em  G                  D       C            G
No bars, to hold me inside, my pride.
C G F C
Like a phoenix,  Soaring the sky,
My second chance, the will to try,
                                      D
Bitter-sweet I taste my pride,
     C                 D           G
Breaking out from the inside.  (Chorus)

My Pride, I found it inside, My pride, inside

	Infest Me (Greed)
Em C D C
Em C
Infest me, with your greed,
Break me, till I bleed,      C  D
Sell me, it’s a need.          Infest me again  Em C

(Chorus)
D             C
Nothing, gets you nothing,
Everything seems to have a price,
Something , always something,
How much is paradise?

Infest me, greed set in,
Break me, passed the bend,   C    D
Sell me, there’s no end (D)   Infest me again  Em C (chorus, v2)

	Feels Like Fire (Lust) (Fitz:Shine)

	
The Tired Horse (Wrath)
Am-G
A Great house burns,
The fire within,
The carriage turns,
The horse no longer kin,
I’ve pulled your stage,
I’ve worn your tack,
I turn the page,       D
I rest not on your rack,
                G           C    B  G     D
My ivy climbs, your simple mirage
C                   G           C B  G     D
You scatter lime, Over espionage.
(Chorus)
           G                    A
Let my blood, clean of poison, 
           G                    C        Em   Am
take the beating, of the hard falling hail,
         G                     A
from my hoof, pick the briar,
      C   B A  G      GG       C   B  G Am
you be the cross in which I put my nail.
Am-G
I stop the trot under those white reigns,
I fought and fought,            D
Through the veil sans the pains.
                 G           C     B  G     D
Rearing beyond, I throw the rider,
C                   G           C  B  G     D
Into the pond, drowns the leech confider.

	MORE (gluttony)
(Chorus)  D Em
More, more, more,
More, more, more,
More, more, more,
     Em          G            D              C
I need it, I want it, to taste it, to love it,
   Am  C  G           Am  C G
All through me, above me
  Em       C                
Can I have some more? (Chorus)
Em          G            D              C
You need it, you want it, to taste it, to love it,
   
Am C G           Am  C G
All through you, apart of me
Em       C                
Do you want some more? (chorus)
Em           C              D    Em  C              D
We’re never done here,  we’ve just started,
Em           C              D        Em              D Em
Who care’s where the heart is?          MORE

	You   (Envy)
(G A C D)
(Chorus)
You, you’ve got the world around you,
You, you’ve got no chains around, 
And I, I wish I had your life,
Wouldn’t that be nice.

Your friends, your money, your car, your world is you,
Your cash is trash , soon to be ash as could be you and  
(Chorus)
Your boat, your coat your every little thing you 
ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever  Want 
(Chorus)
Why, why couldn’t I be you,
Why, why couldn’t I be you,
Why, why couldn’t I be you,
Why, why couldn’t I be you.

	Lazy (Sloth)
Lazy, I see I’m Lazy
I see I’m Lazy,
Lazy again,
Lazy, I see I’m Lazy
I see I’m Lazy,
Lazy again,
Lazy, I see I’m Lazy,
And I forgot to care again.

	Parting Days (Hate)
D
Now it is time to go our separate ways
Hope to see you in a couple of days
             F#          E D    F#         E    D  E  D
The days roll by and we don’t see each other
It seems like we have become lost brothers.

Dm F C Dm (Chorus)
No matter what I try to do,
Our plans always fall through,
Tried to be your friend,
But now we are at the end,
You claim that you know me,
The truth is you can not see,
And still we are Parting Days
Parting Days.  D   F# E D/ F# E D E D
	
Hemlock Tea (Faith)
Em Am Bm Am
	My mouth?
It speaks. To my words they do not listen..
	My eyes?
They cry and they do not dry often.
	My hands?
They hold and they do so when asked.
	My feet?
They walk though encouraged to run.
	My flesh?
It bleeds. I feel the gash is deep.
Restless in my soul,
Restless in my sleep,
To whom am I to ask,
Why am I to keep?

	Day to Day (Hope) (Fitz:Shine)

	Start With the Heart (Charity)
2nd
   (chorus) 
Tell me is it true? D G
Have they sold you? D Bm A G
When are lives fly apart D G
They tell me it starts with the heart G A D

Dark skies again Bm A G
I thought it’ light up sooner when Bm A D G
Caring out weighed our pocket book Bm A Em G
And we weren’t afraid to look. Bm A D G (Chorus)

Tell me where to start? Bm A G
How do you open your heart? Bm A G
Someone tell me where to start Bm A G
They tell me it starts with the heart G A D

Don’t give up, A D G
No more night, A G
Through the dark, A D G
Charity’s light. A D (Chorus)

Dark skies again Bm A G
I thought it’ light up sooner when Bm A D G
Caring out weighed our pocket book Bm A Em G
And we weren’t afraid to look. Bm A D G

	Fought the Good Fight (Justice)

He didn’t care what side he was on, C#m G# A E
He clenched his fist and fought on, C#m G# C#m A
Life isn’t fair, it’s never been, D A E A
Where was justice that black night, D A E A
Time will tell he knew what to be,  D A E A
He fought the good fight. D A E F#m
He didn’t care what side he was on, C#m G# A E
He clenched his fist and was gone, C#m G# C#m A
Life isn’t fair, it’s never been, D A E A
Where was justice that black night, D A E A
Time will tell he knew what to be,  D A E A
He fought the good fight. D A E F#m

He didn’t care what side he was on, C#m G# A E
He clenched his fist and was gone, C#m G# C#m A
Time will tell he knew what to be,  D A E A
He fought the good fight. D A E F#m

	Evermore (Prudence)
 Hey you beauty sleeping all alone, D Bb C G
Wake up and I’ll take you home, D Bb CD
Be in my arms, open your door, D Bb C G
Here in my heart evermore. D Bb C D

(Chorus)
Here we go again D C
Play all day D
No more prudence C
The world’s a stage D

No more excuses just open your eyes, D Bb C G
When will you wake and realize, D Bb C D
You’re in me deep, right to the core, D Bb C G
Here in my heart evermore. D Bb C D (chorus)
No you have me I’m always yours, Em C D Em
 Em    C           D Bb C G D Bb C D
I’ll be your evermore. evermore 
	
Hey you beauty sleeping all alone, D Bb C G
Wake up and I’ll take you home, D Bb CD
Be in my arms, open your door, D Bb C G
Here in my heart evermore. D Bb C D (Chorus)

No you have me I’m always yours, Em C D Em
 Em    C           D Bb C G D Bb C D
I’ll be your evermore. evermore 

	Trapped in Fear (Fortitude)
E G Am C Em
I have heard the voices calling,
They cry in the night,
They scream for freedom,
And the right to stand and fight,
But they still are left stranded,
In their cells as cold as ice,
They wonder how they got there,
          Am                      Em
And who will set them free.
(Chorus)
Dm                        C                     G
Have you been trapped in your fear?
Dm                 F     C F G
Forgetting you’re alive,
Dm                        C                     G
Not knowing days months or years,
Dm                 F           C F G
Wondering if you’ll survive,
Dm
The fear.

E G Am C Em
How do you break out?
How do you get free?
How do you get your life,
                                       Am
The way you want it to be? (Chorus)


Am           C            G         Em     Am
Please help us you know who we are,
Am           C            G
We’re stuck in yesterdays,
Am           C            G         Em          Am
Scared of tomorrow and what it will bring,
Am        Em                             Am
What a waste to be trapped in fear.  (chorus)
Em     Am
The fear         Em G Am C Em

	No (Temperance)
(Chorus)
Em
Don’t make me,
Don’t make me,
Don’t make me,
No

G D Em
Self-assured, mass frustration,
Bend all my moderation,
Take this pain and leave,
Don’t make me please (chorus)

Self’restrain, Imagination,
Self-contain, combustion,
Take this pain and leave,
Don’t make me please (chorus)

No,No
Please 
No,No
Please

Don’t make me,
Don’t make me,
Don’t make me,
No peace.

	Paradise (Love)
Intro(A D E D A E A) C# D E F# G# C# D C# B C# B A
A         D        E
I’d almost forgotten,
A                  D                      E
The way the sun shines on you,
A         D        E
But today I remember,
A                E                A
What it means to love you.

(Chorus)
(A D E D A E A) C# D E F# G# C# D C# B C# B A
And then she holds me,
And I feel so alive,
Who would have thought,
I would find paradise.

A                  D                      E
I tell a joke I catch your smile,
A                  D                      E
You know you brighten up a room,
A                  D                      E
This is love it will last forever,
A                 D         E
I feel my heart in bloom. (Chorus)

C#m                 G#m
And through the years
F#m          G#m
We may forget,
C#m        G#m         F#m
The promises we’ve made,
C#m  G#m
But I feel,
F#m          G#m
It will be okay,
C#m      G#m         A  B  C# E
True love never fades              
(Chorus)
A D E
Paradise
A             E                   A
My own piece of paradise.

	Transitions
Am C AM D Am C G D C Am
In the dark sands of time,
There is found a place,
Where we join hands together,
and dance till the dawn.

No worries of fear,
It is not found here,
Where we join hands together,
and dance till the dawn.


And a new day will come,
When all will believe,
That the end is not tomorrow,
But when we leave.

There’s a time and a place,
Where the darkness ends,
And the light shines on everyone,
And new life begins.

And no more pain or fear,
It is not found here,
Where we join hands together,
and dance till the dawn.

So break free from your chains,
They no longer bind you,
And we’ll join hands together,
and dance till the dawn.

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