[Verse]
D#
The more I run the farther away it seems
G#m F#
What is green is always more than a yard away
D#
Art is a mean meditation, staring at a blank screen
G#m F#
In between what we mean and the things we say
D#
I gotta stay one step ahead of a losing game
G#m F#
I’m a slave to the pages I throw away
D#
To create, complicate, it’s the same damn thing
G#m F#
Once it’s made, I’m too good to appreciate
[Chorus]
D# G#m
So I try to put a little piece of myself in
F#
Keep the pretty people listening
D# G#m
Keep in mind all the negatives and positives
F# D#
Charges floatin' round the audience
D# G#m
I’m biting my tongue
F#
But the words don’t come
D# G#m
I'm bi- bi-bi-biting my tongue
F#
Oh but the words don't come
[Verse]
D#
It’s in the air it’s in the atmosphere
G#m F#
I can hear but I can’t tell what it’s telling me
D#
Too many sides to a story, all these colors and shapes
G#m F#
I’m afraid if I love it they won’t agree
[Bridge]
D#
Art is love, love is work
It hurts to give yourself to it
G#m
Art is work, work is love
F#
Reminding us why we do it
D#
Art is love, love is work
It hurts to give yourself to it
G#m
Art is work, work is love
F#
Forget yourself for the music
[Chorus]
D# G#m
So I try to put a little piece of myself in
F#
Keep the pretty people listening
D# G#m
Keep in mind all the negatives and positives
F# D#
Charges floatin' round the audience
D# G#m
I’m biting my tongue
F#
But the words don’t come
D# G#m
I'm bi- bi-bi-biting my tongue
F#
Oh but the words don't come