Make It Stop Septembers Children

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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   Bang, bang go the coffin nails,
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like a breath exhaled,
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Then gone forever.
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   It seems like just yesterday,
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      how did I miss the red flags raised?
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Think back the days we laughed.
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We braved these bitter storms together.
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   Brought to his knees he cried,
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      But on his feet he died.

[Pre-Chorus]
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What God would damn a heart?
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And what God drove us apart?
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What God could

[Chorus]
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   Make it stop,
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Let this end.
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Eighteen years pushed to the ledge.
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It's come to this,
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A weightless step.
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On the way down singing,
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Whoa
Gb  Ab
Whoa

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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   Bang, bang from the closet walls,
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The schoolhouse halls,
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The shotgun's loaded.
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   Push me and I'll push back.
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      I'm done asking, I demand.
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From a nation under God,
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      I feel its love like a cattle prod.
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Born free.
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I'm born free, but still they
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Born me.   
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I'm born me, no, I can't change.

[Pre-Chorus]
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It's always darkest just before the dawn.
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So stay awake with me,
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  let's prove them wrong.

[Chorus]
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Make it stop,
         Ab
Let this end.
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Eighteen years pushed to the ledge.
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It's come to this,
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A weightless step.
       Eb
On the way down singing,
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Whoa
Gb  Ab
Whoa

[Bridge]
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   The cold river washed  him away,
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But how    could we forget?
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The gatherings hold candles,
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  but not their tongues.
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And too much blood has flown  from the wrists
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Of the children shamed for those  they chose  to kiss.
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Who will rise  to stop the blood?
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We're calling for,
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Insisting on,  a different beat  and
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A brand new song.

[Break]
Absus4      Ab
      Oh, oh
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A brand new song.
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[Chorus]
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   Make it stop.
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Let this end.
This life chose me,
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  I'm not lost in sin.
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But proud I stand  of who I am.
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I plan to go  on living.

[Outro]
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   Make it stop.
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Let this end,
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All these years pushed to the ledge,
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But proud I stand, of who I am.
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I plan to go on living.