Verse
N.C.
Man, if I'm gonna be honest I -
E*
Dropped out of college
Found myself a whole new realm of knowledge
E7*
Down to the forest
Foraging for sounds that I can rhyme with orange
A*
Look, I'm a simple gatherer among a world of hunters
Am*
Not about chasing clout
I'd rather gaze at clouds and feel the comfort
C
Uh Oh! On the trending tab
C7
Hope this won't be ending bad
F Fm
Checking analytics is like working in a forensic lab
C
Oh Lord
Life's getting hard
C7
I'm too young for a credit card
F Fm
And I crashed the very first time I drove my parents' car
E* E7*
Teardrops, we've made friends between screens and deep seas
A*
Steal hearts while teens scream our ears off
You might not believe it
Am*
F life full of streaming is real tough
Fm
It feels rough sometimes but that's the real stuff
C C7
Day by day putting on a brave face [Hey!]
F Fm
Playing games, taking pain straight away [Yay!]
C C7
Maybe made mistakes but it's a-okay [Wait!]
A* Am*
We all need to take a break
C C7 F Fm
If I'm gonna be honest, I need a little space to breathe
C C7 F Fm
And I'm living and loving my life by the sea
C C7 F Fm
If I'm gonna be honest, I need a little bit of a breeze
C C7 F Fm
And I'm living and loving my life by the sea
E*
Just tryna keep my life afloat but never quite coping
E7*
I feel the heat beneath my collar whenever I am joking
A*
Know most people aren't evil though some really just wanna watch you burn
Fm
So you're on edge and sweating, treading
Fm
Making wrong turns
C
I'm treading on egg shells
C7
Laying on a bed of nails
F Fm
Don't you take a wrong step or else you'll get impaled
C
I'm just a happy guy
C7
Paddling through the angry tide
F
Online emotions amplified
Fm
I try to let it pass me by
E*
Can't keep everybody pacified, satisfied, appetites
E7*
My frazzled and distracted mind is acting like a satellite
A*
So many transmissions
Every day I'm twitching
Am*
Wishing that things were just an itty bit different
Fm
I know I shouldn't complain at the end of the day but it's a British tradition
E*
Day by day putting on a brave face [Ay!]
E7*
Playing games, taking pain straight away
A*
Maybe made mistakes but it's a-okay [Wait!]
Am*
We all need to take a break
C C7 F Fm
If I'm gonna be honest, I need a little space to breathe
C C7 F Fm
And I'm living and loving my life by the sea
C C7 F Fm
If I'm gonna be honest, I need a little bit of a breeze
C C7 F Fm
And I'm living and loving my life by the sea
C C7 F Fm
(Sea...)
E*
Day by day putting on a brave face [Ay!]
E7*
Playing games, taking pain straight away
A*
Maybe made mistakes but it's a-okay [Wait!]
Am*
We all need to take a break
C C7
So I'll be chilling when the tide is low [Oh woah]
F Fm
'Cause I wanna take it slow [Oh woah]
C C7
And I can't sing the next note
F Fm
But I brought a bro [Oh!]
E* E7* F
If I'm gonna be honest, I need a little space to breathe
F Fm Am*
And I'm living and loving my life by the sea
C C7 F Fm
If I'm gonna be honest, I need a little bit of a breeze
C C7 F Fm C
And I'm living and loving my life by the sea.
C C7 F Fm
Life by the sea!
C C7 F Fm
Life by the sea!
C E*
Life by the sea!
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