Tom: B
F# B C#m E
what a well educated population
F# B C#m E
what socialite would go donate what it takes
F# B E
to own this place for 60 days
F# B Cm C#m E
in a sophisticated congregation
F# B C#m E
there’s a collection of a space that puts on
F# B C#m E
banquets that I have vice-reported on
F# B Cm C#m E F#
from the balcony and the wall
[Refrain]
E B
the worst permission slip you can imagine
E B C#m E
wouldn’t gain entrance to anything other than who
B
would dole out all the tickets to imagine
C#m E
that don’t go to anything at all
[Verse]
F# B E
good luck ever knowing yourself
F# B Cm C#m E
you’re sitting in a room and speaking well
F# B E
reporting on the temperature
F# B C#m E
fake-deep, non-eloquently, every hour?
F# B E
lost deep inside the MF
F# B Cm C#m E
ten mental breakdowns we are navigating
F# B C#m E
i think in all regards i’ve found a welcome home
F# B E
amongst the people made of stone
[Bridge]
F# B
now if you wait in between
E F#
what did you say man and what did you mean?
B C#m
whatever it’s just good etiquette
E F#
to sink the model ships
B
a model pirate and a model wave
E F# B
two varieties, oceanic and friendly
C#m E F#
if the news is really great
[Refrain]
E B E
now if you really think the time is running out to say
B C#m E
all the great things you thought of to-day
B
you’re more than right, you are englightened,
C#m
knowing that your place is never to fill
E F# B
anything at all let alone space
[Solo]
B
E F# G#m F#
B Cm C#m
[Verse]
E F# B C#m E
good luck summationed in a place like this
F# B E
taking ok care of myself
[Refrain]
E
scan the spiral stairs
B
teleport back to the middle of the room
E B C#m
i can’t give my mind back but i can try to take it back to me
E
take it back to *MUTE!*
N.C. E
scanning the spiral stairs and
B N.C.
teleporting back into the middle of the room
B C#m N.C. C#m
I can’t give my my mind back but I can
E F#
try to take it back and i can try to make it work too
[Solo]
B E F#
B C#m E F#
[Outro]
B E F# B
take it back to me
C#m E F# B
take it baaaaack
