Intro
| C | C | Am7 | Ab | x4
[Verse 1]
C Am7 Ab
This band is a pathogen
C Am7 Ab
It’s damaging, reprogramming my brain
C Am7
And now I cannot think the same
Ab C Am7 Ab
Please just give me some reprieve from how I am perceived
C Am7
These many lives we live as one
Ab C
G congealing, performed character
Am7 Ab C
Fist me til your hand comes out my mouth
Am7 Ab
Then turn me inside out
C Am7
All I do is think of myselves
Ab C Am7
How can I be dog?
[Chorus]
Ab C Am7
I chase the identity crisis
Ab C Am7
I chase the ego trip
Ab C Am7
I chase the path of the righteous
Ab (D)
I chase my own tail
[Interlude]
| C | C | Am7 | Ab | x2
[Verse 2]
C Am7
I exist as this
Ab C Am7 Ab
Some concept based on projection from a project based on myself
C Am7 Ab C Am7
That has reached its peak obsession as I can think of so little else
Ab C Am7
I think I’m a narcissist, maybe I’m a sociopath
Ab C Am7 Ab
Could I just be self critical, or all at once at that?
[Chorus]
C Am7 Ab C Am7
I chase the identity crisis
Ab C Am7
I chase the ego trip
Ab C Am7
I chase the path of the righteous
Ab C
I chase my own tale