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