Intro
D#m B G#m D#m
[Verse 1]
D#m
I buckle in my seatbelt and plug my headset in a chair
B
And to the music, I watch flight attendants move
G#m
They are pointing out the exits, but it looks more like a prayer
D#m
Or an ancient dance their bloodline reaches through
D#m
These planes are good for sifting through
The warriors from the men
B
I get time to sit and watch them for a while
G#m
You can see everywhere they're going
And everywhere they've been
D#m
In how they look out at the clouds each time they smile
[Chorus 1]
D#m B
And I think 'maybe he's in town for someone's birthday
D#m B
Or maybe he makes trouble everywhere
D#m
But as much he resists the conversation
B
Between the rivers and the freeways
G#m C# D#m
He knows it's always there'
[Verse 2]
D#m
As the Northwest Passage sits somewhere below me as I sleep
B
I dream of captains and explorers eating boots
G#m
When I ask if I can join them, and they offer one to me
D#m
I wake up as my home comes into view
D#m
So I reached out down for my notebook to see what impressions could be spun
B
But it's just buildings and a million swimming pools
G#m
So I leaf back through the pages to see where I am from
D#m
Or for some crumbling map of what it's leading to
[Chorus 2]
D#m B
And I find that the hero in this song that I am writing
D#m B
Doesn't know he's just an image of myself
D#m
But as much he resists the conversation
B
Between the rivers and the freeways
G#m C# D#m
He's somehow always asking them for help
[Solo]
D#m B G# D#m
D#m B G#m D#m
[Bridge]
G#m C#
I want to make out all the signs I've been ignoring
F# B
How the trees reach for the sky or in the length of someone's hair
G#m C#
Cause when you don't know where you are going
D#m C# B
Any road will take you there
[Chorus 3]
D#m B
So maybe I'm in town for someone's birthday
D#m B
Maybe I make trouble everywhere
D#m
But as much I resist the conversation
B
Between the rivers and the freeways
G#m C# D#m
I know it's always there
G#m C# D#m
I know it's always there
G#m C# D#m
I know it's always there