Difficulty
Intermediate
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Intro:
F# B F# B
F#/Bb Bmaj7 F# Bmaj7
Verse 1:
F# B F# Bmaj7
Why does the menu always lie?
F#/C# B C# B
And why did I take a dozen trains underdressed for a hurricane?
F#/Bb Bmaj7 C# B
And I'm gonna love this place I hear
F# B C# B
So I start toying with my glass and smile like an overpass
F# B C# B
Certain things feel smooth to me, going in and out like steam through pipes
F# B F# B
But this is such an old machine that I let vapor cool to ice
F# Bmaj7 C# B
I don't think you see the freeze, but still, I bet you wonder why
F# B F# B
I came here in a hurricane just to leave before I dry
Chorus:
F# B C# B
Am I meant to a pleaser? Was I born to keep you sane?
F#/Bb B C# B
I know I can make it easier, that's never been my way
F#/C# B C# B
I don't wanna be your mirror or a pretty piggy bank
F#/Bb B C# B
No one's smashing me to pieces, nothing here for you to claim
Verse 2:
F#/C# B F# B
Which part of me was always you?
F# B F# B
It's not the one you're staring at, it's calling for you from the back
F#/Bb B C# B
And yet, it's the bit I'm turning to
F# B F# B
The metal chair I'm sitting in, the bonds I've long been living in
F# B F# Bmaj7
So what am I supposed to do? Should I let you go down the drain
F# B
And pull me there, held by my hair?
F#/Bb Bmaj7
'Cause it's not better than the rain
F# Bmaj7
And when you are one thing at first
F#/C# B
Molded by an empty hand
F# B F#/Bb Bmaj7
Do you become its very worst, or do you start again?
Chorus:
F# B
Am I meant to a pleaser?
C#/Ab Bmaj7
Was I born to keep you sane?
F#/C# Bmaj7
I know I can make it easier
F# Bmaj7
That's never been my way
F# B
I don't wanna be your mirror
C# B
Or a pretty piggy bank
F#/Bb Bmaj7 C#/Ab B
No one's smashing me to pieces, nothing here for you to claim
[Instrumental]
F# Bmaj7 C B
F# B C# B
F# B C# B
F# C# B
Verse 3:
B F#
Am I meant to a pleaser?
C# C
Was I born to keep you sane?
F#
I know I can make it easier
C# Bmaj7
That's never been my way
B F#
I don't wanna be your mirror
C# Bmaj7
Or a pretty piggy bank
B F# C# B
No one's smashing me to pieces, they're just lying in my wake
F# B C B
Oh, oh
Outro:
F# B C# B
Song History
Published: January 18, 2026
Last Updated: January 18, 2026