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