Verse 1:
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It's a quarter past midnight as we cut through the city -yeah, yeah, yeah-
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The streets are getting restless, good times, bad decisions -yeah, yeah-
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It's a quarter past midnight and the sirens are mending some hearts
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But we're the losers on the back seats singing "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
 

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It's a quarter past midnight, still avoiding tomorrow
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It's a quarter past midnight, but we're just getting going
 
Chorus 1:
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We keep on running, running through a red light
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Like we're trying to burn the night away
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Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh
 Ab                 Bbm
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh
 

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This is my favorite part, oh
Ab                   Bbm
Help me piece it all together darling
Gb               Db
Before it falls apart, oh
Ab                   -nc-
Help me piece it all together
 
Verse 2:
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It's a quarter past midnight and the speakers are blowing -yeah, yeah-
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We want the bodies on the billboards, not the lives underneath them -yeah, yeah, yeah-
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And now we're crawling up the walls again and it's a quarter past twelve
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And you said we'd leave this place in dust and fall from heaven straight through hell
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We never know what we have, we never knew what we had
 
Chorus 2:
   Gb                Db
We keep on running, running through a red light
Ab                            Bbm
Like we're trying to burn the night away
 Gb                 Db
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh
 Ab                 Bbm
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh
 

 Gb           Db
Why we always chasing after something
Ab                          Bbm
Like we trying to throw our lives away
 Gb                 Db
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh
 Ab                 Bbm
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh
 

Gb                  Db
This is my favorite part, oh
Ab                   Bbm
Help me piece it all together darling
Gb               Db
Before it falls apart, oh
Ab                   -nc-
Help me piece it all together
 
Bridge:
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I can't remember, I can't remember
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I can't remember, I can't remember
 
Verse 3:
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It's a quarter past midnight and the secrets are flowing
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Our lips are getting looser, I don't know what I'm saying
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We never knew what we had, never know what I've had
 
Chorus 3:
   Gb                Db
We keep on running, running through a red light
Ab                            Bbm
Like we're trying to burn the night away
 Gb                 Db
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh
 Ab                 Bbm
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh
 

 Gb           Db
Why we always chasing after something
Ab                          Bbm
Like we trying to throw our lives away
 Gb                 Db
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh
 Ab                 Bbm
Away-ay-ay, away-ay-ay, oh oh
 

Gb                  Db
This is my favorite parts, oh
Ab                   Bbm
Help me piece it all together darling
Gb               Db
Before it falls apart, oh
Ab                   -nc-
Help me piece it all together