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Battle Scars

Lupe Fiasco
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 The wound heals but it never does
 That's cause you're at war with love
 You're at war with love, yeah
 These battle scars, don't look like they're fading
 Don't look like they're ever going away
 They ain't never gonna change
 These battle
 Never let a wound ruin me
 But I feel like ruin's wooing me
 Arrow holes that never close from cupid on a shooting spree
 Feeling stupid cause I know it ain't no you and me
 But when you're trying to beat the odds up
 Been trying to keep your nods up and you know that you should know
 And let her go but the fear of the unknown
 Holding another lover strong sends you back into the zone
 With no Tom Hanks to bring you home
 A lover not a fighter on the frontline with a poem
 Trying to write yourself a rifle
 Maybe sharpen up a song
 To fight the tanks and drones of you being alone
 I wish I never looked, I wish I never touched
 I wish that I could stop loving you so much
 Cause I'm the only one that's trying to keep us together
 When all of the signs say that I should forget her
 I wish you weren't the best, the best I ever had
 I wish that the good outweighed the bad
 Cause it'll never be over, until you tell me it's over
 These battle scars, don't look like they're fading
 Don't look like they're ever going away
 They ain't never gonna change
 These battle
 (And just leave then)
 You shouldn't have but you said it
 (And I hope you never come back)
 It shouldn't have happened but you let it
 Now you're down on the ground screaming medic
 The only thing that comes is the post-traumatic stresses
 Shields, body armors and vests
 Don't properly work, that's why you're in a locker full of hurt
 The enemy within and all the fires from your friends
 The best medicine is to probably just let her win
 I wish I couldn't feel, I wish I couldn't love
 I wish that I could stop cause it hurts so much
 And I'm the only one that's trying to keep us together
 When all of the signs say that I should forget her
 I wish you weren't the best, the best I ever had
 I wish that the good outweighed the bad
 Cause it'll never be over, until you tell me it's over
 These battle scars, don't look like they're fading
 Don't look like they're ever going away
 They ain't never gonna change
 These battle
 I wish I couldn't feel, I wish I couldn't love
 I wish that I could stop cause it hurts so much
 And I'm the only one that's trying to keep us together
 When all of the signs say that I should forget her
 I wish you weren't the best, the best I ever had
 I wish that the good outweighed the bad
 Cause it'll never be over, until you tell me it's over
 Cause you've set me on fire
 I've never felt so alive, yeah
 Hoping wounds heal, but it never does
 That's because you're at war with love
 And I'm at the point of breaking
 And it's impossible to shake it
 See, you hoped the wound heals, but it never does
 That's cause you're at war with love
 Hope it heals, but it never does
 That's cause you're at war with love!
 These battle scars, don't look like they're fading
 Don't look like they're ever going away
 They ain't never gonna change
 These battle
 These battle scars, don't look like they're fading
 Don't look like they're ever going away
 They ain't never gonna change
 These battle

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Readable chord sheet for Battle Scars by Lupe Fiasco

[Fm]   [C#]   [G#]   [D#sus]

The wound heals but it never does
That's cause you're at war with love
You're at war with love, yeah

These battle scars, don't look like they're fading
Don't look like they're ever going away
They ain't never gonna change
These battle

Never let a wound ruin me
But I feel like ruin's wooing me
Arrow holes that never close from cupid on a shooting spree
Feeling stupid cause I know it ain't no you and me
But when you're trying to beat the odds up
Been trying to keep your nods up and you know that you should know
And let her go but the fear of the unknown
Holding another lover strong sends you back into the zone
With no Tom Hanks to bring you home
A lover not a fighter on the frontline with a poem
Trying to write yourself a rifle
Maybe sharpen up a song
To fight the tanks and drones of you being alone

I wish I never looked, I wish I never touched
I wish that I could stop loving you so much
Cause I'm the only one that's trying to keep us together
When all of the signs say that I should forget her
I wish you weren't the best, the best I ever had
I wish that the good outweighed the bad
Cause it'll never be over, until you tell me it's over

These battle scars, don't look like they're fading
Don't look like they're ever going away
They ain't never gonna change
These battle

(And just leave then)
You shouldn't have but you said it
(And I hope you never come back)
It shouldn't have happened but you let it
Now you're down on the ground screaming medic
The only thing that comes is the post-traumatic stresses
Shields, body armors and vests
Don't properly work, that's why you're in a locker full of hurt
The enemy within and all the fires from your friends
The best medicine is to probably just let her win

I wish I couldn't feel, I wish I couldn't love
I wish that I could stop cause it hurts so much
And I'm the only one that's trying to keep us together
When all of the signs say that I should forget her
I wish you weren't the best, the best I ever had
I wish that the good outweighed the bad
Cause it'll never be over, until you tell me it's over

These battle scars, don't look like they're fading
Don't look like they're ever going away
They ain't never gonna change
These battle

I wish I couldn't feel, I wish I couldn't love
I wish that I could stop cause it hurts so much
And I'm the only one that's trying to keep us together
When all of the signs say that I should forget her
I wish you weren't the best, the best I ever had
I wish that the good outweighed the bad
Cause it'll never be over, until you tell me it's over

Cause you've set me on fire
I've never felt so alive, yeah

Hoping wounds heal, but it never does
That's because you're at war with love

And I'm at the point of breaking
And it's impossible to shake it

See, you hoped the wound heals, but it never does
That's cause you're at war with love
Hope it heals, but it never does
That's cause you're at war with love!

These battle scars, don't look like they're fading
Don't look like they're ever going away
They ain't never gonna change
These battle

These battle scars, don't look like they're fading
Don't look like they're ever going away
They ain't never gonna change
These battle

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