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She spent the nig[D]ht out with a guy who gives atten[A]tion when she cries
herself to sle[Bm]ep, I heard her s[A]ay...
And so she gives hi[D]m what he wants as l[A]ong as he can make her feel ok[Bm], but
she's not o[A]k

And w[G]e avoid the topics, we mak[D]e the kids have secrets
When they are e[Bm]xposed and everyon[A]e else knows
We'll say w[G]e never knew it, that the[D]y had a problem
'Cause [Bm]if we would have known, we su[D]rely would have solved it
But we c[Bm]an't, it's [D]too l[A]ate, I said we [Bm]can't it's t[D]oo l[A]ate

He's skipping cl[D]asses 'cause he hates them, hopes he pa[A]sses, not to take
them all ag[Bm]ain, I heard him [A]say...
He escapes them[D] with the pills, the ones he ta[A]kes to make him feel like he's
[Bm]ok, but he's not o[A]k

And w[G]e avoid the topics, we mak[D]e the kids have secrets
When they are e[Bm]xposed and everyon[A]e else knows
We'll say w[G]e never knew it, that the[D]y had a problem
'Cause [Bm]if we would have known, we su[D]rely would have solved it
But we c[Bm]an't, it's [D]too l[A]ate, I said we [Bm]can't it's t[D]oo l[A]ate

God [Em]you've gotta save us, we hi[D]de behind the faces that we [Bm]make to dis[A]guise
The things[Em] that were ashamed of an[D]d all the ugly things that make us[Bm] close
our ey[A]es
They make us [D]close o[Bm]ur e[A]yes, why do we cl[D]ose o[Bm]ur ey[A]es?

And w[G]e avoid the topics, we mak[D]e the kids have secrets
When they are e[Bm]xposed and everyon[A]e else knows
We'll say w[G]e never knew it, that the[D]y had a problem
'Cause [Bm]if we would have known, we su[D]rely would have solved it
But we c[Bm]an't, it's [D]too l[A]ate, I said we [Bm]can't it's t[D]oo l[A]ate