Verse
D F#
You can huff and you can puff
Bm
But you'll never destroy that stuff
Em A
Finally, I see why, I suppose
Em
Kid, you better change your feathers
G D G
Cause you'll never fly with those... things
D G
In 'These Nights,' the boys sing
D
"Hello, emptiness
G
I heard you're alright
D
I've heard you're alright
G
I've heard of you"
[Verse 2]
D F#
B body aching, fragile, and pale
Bm
Dark valleys house its trail
G A
Why can't you see that a life in art and a life of mimicry
Em A
It's the same thing?!
[Instrumental]
D G Em A
D G
[Verse 3]
D Bm
The room was crowded
D Bm G
And, though you couldn't care less about it, that much was true
A
That month
G A
Another version of this miniature Rome to set fire to
G
Why did we stop fucking around you?
A
Girls like gazelles graze
G A Em A
Boys wearing bells blaze new trails in sound
[Instrumental]
D G Em A x2
D G
[Verse 4]
D A
I looked up, I looked around
G F#m
B famous Toronto painter shot me down
Bm E
"Oh, I've busted my ass on these streets too long," he said
G A G
I set fire to the bed and tore his gown
[Outro]
G F#m Em D G
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
G F#m Em D G
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
G F#m
Felt some mercurial presence, hitherto unknown
Em D
It was the sun, it was a stone falling through blank space
G F#m Em D
It was that jewel-encrusted roan getting in my face
G F#m
Looked across the way to The Princess Rooms
Em
I saw brides and their grooms
D
I heard the sound of bells ringing!
G F#m Em D G
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
G F#m
Cinders look back fondly upon a house on fire when across
Em
An ocean we go
D G
We row and we row and we tire
G F#m Em D G
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
G F#m
Now, step out of the darkness and into the light
Em D
Yeah, it's common knowledge I've been doing alright
G
No, I can't complain
F#m Em
On the East side, midwives' lives go down the drain
D G F#m
All cause our babies are dying, oh-oh-oh!
G F#m Em D G
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
G F#m Em D G
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
G F#m Em
I lifted the veil to see nature's trickery revealed as pure shit
D G F#m
From which nothing ever rose cause nothing ever could
Em D G F#m
I swear somewhere the truth lies within this wood
Em D G F#m
I swear, "Looters' Follies" has never sounded so good
Em D G F#m Em D
And, win or lose, what's the difference?
G F#m Em D G
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
G F#m Em D G
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
G F#m Em D G
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
G F#m Em D G
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
G F#m Em D G
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
G F#m Em D x5