Tom: Dm
Bb C Dm7
Somebody like yourself, true and kind would never understand this aching heart of mine
Bb C Dm7
Cursing other people yes is what I do best, and so I write songs to pass the time
Bb C Dm7
I’ve always dreamed of being on TV, to hear the audience lovingly praise me
Bb C Dm7
For now I guess I’ll make this knife sharp as can be
[Pre Chorus]
Dm7 Am
Hear the crash of glass being pounded at
Bb C
The tearing noise of a sheet of paper torn to shreds
Dm7 Am
And the setting sun after “goodbye” is said
Bb
is just so lovely…
C*
Even that much is plain to see!
[Chorus]
Bb C Am Dm7
The birds cry out their song in the sunset
Bb C F A7 Dm7
This empty ache I feel starts to sing a swan song too
Bb C Am
And yet you linger still in the shadows
Dm7 Bb C Dm7
Standing on your toes, sky a flaming red hue
Bb* C*
Slipping off my tongue, was my goodbye to you
[Instrumental]
Bb C Dm7 x2
[Verse 2]
Bb C Dm7
I wanted to be seen, I want to love, are these the “dreams” that people talk about?
Bb C Dm7
Just another beggar begging for it to be, I’m lazy. Hurry and satisfy me!
Bb C Dm7
Somebody like yourself, wouldn’t get this ugly jealousy that simmers in my chest
Bb C Dm7
Always looking for an opportunity to hit and to strike them back
[Pre Chorus 2]
Dm7 Am
Hear the crash of glass bottles striking lamps
Bb C
The blaring noise a guitar makes as it’s being slammed
Dm7 Am
These regrets with no way to make amends
Bb
Though it’s lovely
Just the thought, see,
C*
That even that much is plain to see...!
[Chorus 2]
Bb C Am Dm7
The words, relentless, beat down upon me
Bb C F A7 Dm7
December slowly creeps into my September heart
Bb C Am
And in the spring, the mist in the mountains
Dm7 Bb C Dm7
Rises in the sky, summer follows behind
Bb* C*
Carressing both my cheeks, as the breeze passes by
[Instrumental]
Bb C Dm7 x2
[Verse 3]
Bb C Dm7
Somebody like yourself, true and kind would never understand this aching heart of mine
Bb C Dm7
I’m no good at living but I don’t wanna die, and so I write songs to pass the time
Bb C Dm7
I feel it everyday, the words, the hate, the sheer disgust of everybody as they look my way
Bb C Dm7
It’s why I only write songs that hurt other people now
Bb C Dm7
And songs without a soul like the one that you’re hearing now
[Bridge]
Bb C Dm7
I wanna drink your words down completely
Bb C F Am Dm7
I use my hands to hold them, nowhere to put them in
Bb C Dm7
One day my drought will no doubt diminish
Bb C Dm7*
But until it does, waiting here until then
[Chorus]
Bb C Am Dm7
The birds cry out their song in the sunset
Bb C F A7 Dm7
I beg this empty ache, to turn itself into a tune
Bb C Am
And say goodbye to you in this sunset
Dm7 Bb C Dm7
Waiting for the night to come drown me in blue
Bb* C*
Slipping off my tongue, is my goodbye to you
