We Used to Be Better

From the album 'Lost Art' (2024) by North Sea Empire

© Copyright Andreas Rasch 2024

Key: E


E... B... C#m... B...
E... B... C#m... A...

E              B           C#m
The pathologic basis of success
  B                     A
A ladder to stardom, my house in a mess
E                     Cm-        C#m
Host of the party, I feel like a guest
   B                        A
Perfectionist instincts, my life is a test
B   A         F#m   C#m   A
We used to be better
A                   C#5   F#5   A
But this is what we get
B   A         F#m   C#m   A
We used to be better
A                C#5   B   A
How could you forget
The microscopic view through my lenses
Obsessive attention to appearances
A slave to fashion, manufactured passion
Choose authorized freedom or civil unrest
We used to be better
But this is what we get
We used to be better
How could you forget
Searching euphoric pathways to ascend
I know we'll feel better when we've reached the end
So many truths can fit inside a lie
Don't look inside me, heaven knows what you'll find
We used to be better
But this is what we get
We used to be better
How could you forget
A                C#5      
How could you forget
C#5      C#m            G#m          A
Only as strong as I can manage to pretend to be
B   A         F#m   C#m   A
We used to be better
A
Used to be better

A                C#5      
How could you forget
C#5    C#m        G#m                A
I know we'll feel better when we've reached the end
B   A         F#m   C#m   A
We used to be better
A          C#5
Used to be better

C#m... G#m... A...
C#5...  C#m... G#m... A...

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