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Performance: The Warning - Escapism (Stripped Back)
Key: C
Verse:
C5 D#5
Get me out of my head
G#5
Drag me out of my bed
F C D#5
And make me move around to forget
G#5 F5 C D#5
There is time that needs to be wasted to feel something instead
G#5 F
I will dive in my own delusions
C D#5
Draping mirrors again
G#5 F
Safe inside of my own illusion It's the hope that kills you
Chorus:
G#5 F C
So I close my eyes till it all fades
G#5 F C
And so I close my eyes, then it all fades
G#5 F C
Yet I'm still aching, breaking, trying again
G#5 F C
But I'll just close my eyes till it all fades
C5 D#5 G#5 F
Ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah
Verse:
C5 D#5
Stepping into the void
G#5 F
Even if it amounts to nothing
C5 D#5
Silence is to avoid
G#5 F
Reaching out to hold on to something
C5 D#5
I wish I could enjoy
G#5 F
Worthless means of communicating
C5 D#5
Words that only destroy
G#5 F
Leave me feeling, fearing, oh
Chorus:
G#5 F C
So I close my eyes till it all fades
G#5 F C
And so I close my eyes, then it all fades
G#5 F C
Yet I'm still aching, breaking, trying again
G#5 F C
But I'll just close my eyes till it all fades
Bridge:
D#5 D5 C5
I can't help but feel!
D# D5 C5
I can't tell what's real!
It's the hope that kills you
Chorus:
G#5 F C
So I close my eyes till it all fades
G#5 F C
And so I close my eyes, then it all fades
G#5 F C
Yet I'm still aching, breaking, trying again
G#5 F C
But I'll just close my eyes till it all fades
G#5 F C
(Ah-ah-ah) So I close my eyes till it all fades
G#5 F C
(Ah-ah-ah)
G#5 F C
I close my eyes Yet I'm still aching, breaking, trying again
G#5 F C
But I'll just close my eyes till it all fades
Video/Audio
Other versions of this song
- Escapism Live (Solo)
Song History
Published: November 13, 2024
Last Updated: January 6, 2026