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