[Intro]

              

(Repeats through song)


[Verse]

            
     And anoth

              
er one bites t

    
he dust
            
Oh why can I n

            
ot conquer lov

e?
             
And I might ha

              
ve thought tha

          
t we were one
            
Wanted to figh

             
t this war wit

            
hout weapons
             
And I wanted i

              
t, I wanted it

 
 bad
            
But there were

             
 so many red f

   
lags
             
Now another on

             
e bites the du

st
            
Yeah, lets be 

             
clear, I trust

     
 no one


[Bridge]

             
You did not br

            
eak me
             
I'm still figh

                  
ting for peace


[Chorus]

             
Well, I've got

             
 thick skin an

              
d an elastic h

  
eart,
            
But your blade

           
, It might be 

too sharp
             
I'm like a rub

             
ber band until

              
 you pull too 

 
hard,
            
Yeah, I may sn

       
ap and I move 

fast
             
But you won't 

             
see me fall ap

       
art
             
'Cause I've go

             
t an elastic h

       
eart

             
I've got an el

             
astic heart
             
Yeah, I've got

            
 an elastic he

       
art


[Verse]

            
     And I wil

              
l stay up thro

         
ugh the night
            
And let's be c

             
lear, won't cl

        
ose my eyes
             
And I know tha

           
t I can surviv

e
            
I'll walk thro

             
ugh fire to sa

       
ve my life
             
And I want it,

              
 I want my lif

    
e so bad
            
I'm doing ever

         
ything I can
             
Then another o

              
ne bites the d


ust
            
It's hard to l

             
ose a chosen o


ne


[Bridge]

             
You did not br

            
eak me
             
I'm still figh

                  
ting for peace


[Chorus]

             
Well, I've got

             
 thick skin an

              
d an elastic h

  
eart,
            
But your blade

           
, It might be 

too sharp
             
I'm like a rub

             
ber band until

              
 you pull too 

 
hard,
            
Yeah, I may sn

       
ap and I move 

fast
             
But you won't 

             
see me fall ap

       
art
             
'Cause I've go

             
t an elastic h

       
eart
            
Oh oooooh oh-o

             
h-oh-oh-oooh o

     
ooh-oh ooooh
            
Oh oooooh oh-o

             
h-oh-oh-oooh o

     
ooh-oh ooooh


[Chorus]

             
Well, I've got

             
 thick skin an

              
d an elastic h

  
eart,
            
But your blade

           
, It might be 

too sharp
             
I'm like a rub

             
ber band until

              
 you pull too 

 
hard,
            
Yeah, I may sn

       
ap and I move 

fast
             
But you won't 

             
see me fall ap

       
art
             
'Cause I've go

             
t an elastic h

       
eart


[Chorus]

             
Well, I've got

             
 thick skin an

              
d an elastic h

  
eart,
            
But your blade

           
, It might be 

too sharp
             
I'm like a rub

             
ber band until

              
 you pull too 

 
hard,
            
Yeah, I may sn

       
ap and I move 

fast
             
But you won't 

             
see me fall ap

       
art
             
'Cause I've go

             
t an elastic h

       
eart

             
I've got an el

      
astic heart