The Rising Tide - The Killers
Battle Born (2012)


Intro:

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y Times)


  The streets 

of persuasion
             
 Are plated wi

    
th gold

  Your heart's

 in the right 

place,
             
But you travel

              
 down the wron

   
g road

 Like so many 

before you
             
 The gates ope

   
n wide

              
Here come the 

            
rising tide

            
Let's go out, 

   
tonight
            
There's a myst

             
ery underneath

            
 the neon ligh

ts
            
Before life an

         
d dream collid

e
            
Cause the trut

             
h's gonna come

              
 and cut me op

    
en wide
            
And you can't 

             
escape the ris

          
ing of the tid

e

            
 Keep up your 

             
appearance, yo

              
u're joining t

    
he choir

  With everybo

dy singing out
           
"Glory Halleju

ah"

  The time cam

e for your sol

o
             
 But there's n

           
owhere to hide

              
Here come the 

            
rising tide

            
And the compan

       
y you keep
           
Well they plan

              
 your crucific

            
tion as we spe

ak
              
So, baby 'till

            
 life and drea

       
m the collide
              
There's gonna 

           
be a mystery u

              
nderneath thos

        
e neon lights
            
If you can't d

            
ecipher just w

             
ho's on your s

#
ide
            
You will not e

             
scape the risi

          
ng of the tide

            
Can you tell m

              
e brother? was

              
 I deceived, o

      
r in denial?
            
I was there, o

              
n the back of 

              
the room, when

              
 you testified
            
With your pitc

             
hfork tongue, 

              
you licked you

             
r lips, and li

#
ed
              
We're never go

            
nna know how h

         
ard you cried
            
When you petit

             
ioned and your

              
 access was de


nied
            
'Till the veno

            
m in your vein

        
s is satisfied
            
'Till you suff

            
ocate and swal

              
low down the p


ride

          
Well you can't

 escape
      
(You can't esc

ape)
     
Yeah you can't

 escape
      
(You can't esc

ape)
            
No you can't e

            
scape the risi

          
ng of the tide