Intro
C#m
[Verse 1]
C#m
Cut it out
A
Your self-inflicted pain
Fb
Is getting too routine
G#m
The crowds are catching on
C#m
To the self-inflicted song
A#m
Well, here we go again
Fb
The art of acting weak
G#m
Fall in love to fail
C#m
To boost your F#D sales
C#m
And that F#D sells (Yeah, what a hit)
C#m
You've got to repeat it
C#m
You gotta' sink to swim
C#m
If at first you don't succeed
G#/D#
You gotta recreate your misery
Fb
Cause we all know art is hard
G#/F#
Young artists have gotta starve
C#m
Try, and fail, and try again
G#/D#
The comforts of repetition
Fb
Keep churning out those hits
G#/D#
'Til it's all the same old shit
C#m
[Verse 2]
C#m
Oh, a second verse!
A
Well, color me fatigued
Fb
I'm hiding in the leaves
G#m
In the F#D jacket sleeves
C#m
Tired of entertaining
A
Some double-dipped meaning
Fb
D# soft serve analogy
G#m
This drunken angry slur
C#m
In thirty-one flavors
C#m
You gotta' sink, gotta sink
C#m
Gotta sink to swim
C#m
Immerse yourself in rejection
C#m
Regurgitate some sorry tale
C#m
About a boy who sells his love affairs
C#m
You gotta' fake, fake, fake the pain
C#m
You better make, make, make it sting
C#m
You're gonna' break, break, break a leg
C#m
When you get on stage
C#m
And they scream your name
C#m G#/D# Fb G#/F#
("Oh, Cursive is so cool!")
[Outro]
("Oh, Cursive is so cool!")
C#m
You gotta' sink, gotta sink
Gotta sink to swim
G#/D#
Impersonate greater persons
Fb
Cause we all know art is hard
G#/F#
When we don't know who we are
C#m G#/D# Fb G#/F# (x2)
Gm/D