Em                          C
Late night, brakes lock, hear the tires squeal
                        G
Red light, can't stop so I spin the wheel
                  D
My world goes black before I feel an angel lift me up
   Em           C
And I open bloodshot eyes into fluorescent white
   G                        D                 Em
They flip the siren, hit the lights, close the doors and I am gone

[Bridge:]
C -> G -> D

   Em                  C
Now I lay here owing my life to a stranger
             G
And I realize that empty words are not enough
    D
I'm left here with the question of just
Em                   C
What have I to show except the promises I never kept?
  G                    D
I lie here shaking on this bed, under the weight of my regrets


  C                      Em    D
I hope that I will never let you down
   C                      Em       D       C
I know that this can be more than just flashing lights and sound


Em -> C -> G -> D


Em                (just one strike) C
Look around and you'll see that at times it feels like no one really cares
G                (just one strike) D
It gets me down but I'm still gonna try to do what's right, I know that 
       Em                         C
there's A difference between sleight of hand, and giving everything you have
G                         D
There's a line drawn in the sand, I'm working up the will to cross it and


  C                      Em    D
I hope that I will never let you down
   C                      Em       D       C
I know that this can be more than just flashing lights and sound

Em
Rhetoric can't raise the dead
              C
I'm sick of always talking when there's no change
Em
Rhetoric can't raise the dead
             D         C        D
I'm sick of empty words, let's lead and not follow


Em                          C
Late night, brakes lock, hear the tires squeal
                        G
Red light, can't stop so I spin the wheel
                  D
My world goes black before I feel an angel steal me from the
Em                      C
Greedy jaws of death and chance, and pull me in with steady hands
     G                  D
They've given me a second chance, the artist in the ambulance

  C                      Em    D
I hope that I will never let you down
   C                      Em       D       C
I know that this can be more than just flashing lights and sound
    Em     D      C           Em      D       C
Can we pick you off the ground, more than flashing lights and sound