| C | Em |
| C | Em | G7 |
| C | |
| Isn't it nice how things r | esolve |
| F | G | C | |
| To test your w | ill would take the s | kill of crazy a | nts |
| F | C | |
| You fit your mind into sma | ller and smaller j | ars |
| Em | |
| You find them clutching the last st | raw |
| F | G | C | |
| As if it's wor | th the worse for w | ear and tear you l | ook |
| F | C | |
| But w | hy try to understand someone that you don't even k | now |
| Even though he brought you up, beat you up, |
| D7 | |
| S | hut you up when you cried ? |
| C | |
| And now you avoid par | ties |
| Em | |
| Because th | ey remind you |
| F | |
| Of som | eone who |
| G | |
| y | ou used to know |
| G | F | C | |
| Pretty so | on you'll want to a | void yourse | lf |
| C | Em |
| C | Em | G7 |
| A popular phrase from the same year |
| Would draw no tears save for the fears of looking back |
| You find you hide for weaker and weaker reasons |
| The battle you lost in the mirror |
| Earned you no thanks but wooden planks were soon withdrawn |
| And you couldn't run away even if you tried |
| And you tried and you cried 'cause you knew that laying flat |
| In your parents' car |
| And now you avoid father |
| Because they remind you |
| Of someone who you used to know |
| Pretty soon you'll want to avoid your own |
| And now you're finally on your own |
| You draw your choices from the voices you despise |
| You find you're drawn to tighter and tighter circles |
| Flashbacks, flashes forward |
| You are insane though you have gained such wide appeal |
| And all the car rides, cheap insides, laughter at the right people |
| At the right time at the right line in the right frame of mind |
| And now you avoid thinking |
| Because it reminds you of someone you used to know |
| Pretty soon you'll only think about yourself |
| Outro - C Em F G C |