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