Intro
C#m
[Verse 1]
A/E C#m
It's not the energy reeling
E C#m
Nor the lines in your face
A/E C#m
Nor the clouds on the ceiling
A/E C#m
Nor the clouds in the space
A/E C#m
It's not the phone on the table
E C#m
Nor the bed in the earth
A/E C#m
Nor the bed in the stable
A/E C#m
Nor your stable words
A/E C#m
It's not the formless being
E C#m
Nor the cry in the air
A/E C#m
Nor the boy I'm seeing
A/E C#m
With her long black hair
A/E C#m
It’s not the open weaving
E C#m
Nor the furnace glow
A/E C#m
Nor the blood of your bleeding
A/E C#m
As you try to let go
[Chorus]
A/E
It's not the room
A/E
Not beginning
C#m
Not the crowd
C#m
Not winning
E
Not the planet not spinning
A/E
Not a ruse, not heat
C#m
Not the fire lapping up the creek
E
Not food, not to eat
[Verse 2]
A/E C#m
Not the meat of your thigh
E C#m
Nor your spine tattoo
A/E C#m
Nor your shimmery eye
A/E C#m
Nor the wet of the dew
A/E C#m
It's not the warm illusion
E C#m
Nor the crack in the plate
A/E C#m
Nor the breath of confusion
A/E C#m
Nor the starkness of slate
[Chorus]
A/E
It's not the room
A/E
Not beginning
C#m
Not the crowd
C#m
Not winning
E
Not the planet not spinning
A/E
Not a ruse, not heat
C#m
Not the fire lapping up the creek
E
Not food, not to eat
[Verse 3]
A/E C#m
Not what you really wanted
E C#m
Nor the mess in your purse
A/E C#m
Nor the bed that is haunted
A/E C#m
With the blanket of thirst
A/E C#m
It's not the hunger revealing
E C#m
Nor the ricochet in the cave
A/E C#m
Nor the hand that is healing
A/E C#m
Nor the nameless grave
[Chorus]
A/E
It's not the room
A/E
Not beginning
C#m
Not the crowd
C#m
Not winning
E
Not the planet not spinning
A/E
Not a ruse, not heat
C#m
Not the fire lapping up the creek
E
Not food, not to eat
A/E
Not to die
A/E
Not dying
C#m
Not to laugh
C#m
Not lying
E
Not the vacant wilderness vying
A/E
Not the room
A/E
Not beginning
C#m
Not the crowd
C#m
Not winning
E
Not the planet not spinning