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