B A F#
Turn off the light bulb ache to a shrieking pain
B A F#
Turn that hair into a haircut and change your name
B A F#
Through the yellow teeth white lies are told
B A F#
Of the notches made in the house of smoke
B
So pick the padlocked case in the padlocked room
A F#
Wipe the smile from your face and sing the default blues
And go
[Chorus]
E B F#
What are you running from, a-ha
E
What are you running from, ahh
B F#
The past may die but it's never gone
E
What are you running from, ahh
[Instrumental]
B B A F# x2
[Verse 2]
B A F#
This is textbook heartbreak from the country school
B A F#
The prescription sculpture of a thoughtless stool
B A F#
You've got your heroin monologues that you lifted from books
B A F#
Now you're wearing a helmet whilst you're breaking the rules
B
Pick the padlocked case in the padlocked room
A F#
Wipe the smile from your face and sing the default blues
It goes
[Chorus]
E B F#
What are you running from, a-ha
E
What are you running from, ahh
B F#
The past may die but it's never gone
E
What are you running from, ahh
B F#
What are you running from, a-ha
E
What are you running from, ahh
B F#
The accent you hid behind is gone
E
What are you running from, ahh
[Bridge]
B B
A F#
There isn't a cure, there isn't a cure
B B
A F#
There isn't a cure
B A F#
Save your wax world torture for your modeling friends
B A F#
Speak emotional trash straight from Zimmerman's bin
B
Pick the padlocked case in the padlocked room
A F#
Wipe the smile from your face and sing the default blues
It goes
[Chorus]
B F#
What are you running from, a-ha
E
What are you running from, ahh
B F#
The accent you hid behind is gone
E
What are you running from, ahh
E B F#
What are you running from, a-ha
E
What are you running from, ahh
B F#
The past may die but it's never gone
E
What are you running from, ahh
