intro: Bm C#m  [2x]

[Verse 1]

BmWhere (x24432@1)a little girl once stood
         C#mNow (x13321@4)sits an empty base

Cold and shiny

Hard and tiny
F# (244322@1)   Em (022000@1)   D (xx0232@1)   F#Difficult (244322@1)to wash away
       Goh, (320003@1)monsters get creative every day.

BmAnd (x24432@1)nothing can prepare you for the day they run away
      C#mYour (x13321@4)fine tutelage is no longer needed

So you've sealed your fate
      BmOne (x24432@1)minute, she's your best friend

Then you watch her take your place
   C#mI (x13321@4)guess that taught them all the same
                   F# (244322@1)   AYou (x02220@1)clever little charlatans
   D (xx0232@1)              GAmbition (320003@1)gleams in overdrive
    AAnd (x02220@1)I can't take it

[Chorus]

BWhat (x2444x@1)goes up must come on down

Get your feet back on the ground
  GNarcissus (320003@1)in a red dress

You're like all the rest, Miss
BBlinded (x2444x@1)by your own reflection

Let the lights direct you now
    GNarcissus (320003@1)in a red dress
                             BmYou're (x24432@1)like all the rest, I know.
   C#mI (x13321@4)know.

[Verse 2]

Behave and like the Virgin Queen
You're just as damaged underneath
You know, No matter how good your impersonation of me ever grows,
Deep down you know your insides never change
But people love it, vapid and shamesless, simply lacking taste
They fall for the spell of Lady Macbeth
Her calculated grace
But I can see the hunger of compulsion in your face

High school skinny fades away
And you're just left with Polaroids
capturing your fifteen minutes
Ain't it great?

[Chorus repeated]

BmVanity (x24432@1)on parade
                       C#Vacant, (x43121@1)frantic, and strange

Fraught with heartache and desperation
BmGuess (x24432@1)I loved you in vain,
                         C#Consider (x43121@1)this song your wake

Lost your head to the elevation

F# (244322@1)      Em (022000@1)              D (xx0232@1)            F#All (244322@1)the king's horses and all the king's men
G (320003@1)                 ACouldn't (x02220@1)bring you back again

[Chorus repeated]