Verse
Em
B flicker of a light in an empty home
D
Bickering at night and you end up cold
F#m
I wanna let the right brain retain control
Bm
The rhyme inspires most when it's 5 minutes old
Em
There's a feeling that I get when it's sad and it's grey
D
Reminds me of times way back in the day
F#m
They wouldn't call me back, they didn't wanna play
I ask my stepmother if it ever goes away
Em
So I'm sending you a message with text
D
That doesn't really say it's an SOS
F#m
Yes so I guess that I press those numbers
Bm
To summon for a presto, grow less number
Em
Looking forwards I spring into summer
D
And wonder if you would lay around like lumber
F#m
And supports me like a funder
Paying attention to my pain and tension
Em
We all have forces pulling us under
D
But somewhere beneath this world torn asunder
F#m
We smell the storm before the thunder
Bm
And bring angles down to earth like sunder
Dm, D
F#m Bm
And when it bursts, the loneliness hurts like hunger
[Chorus]
Em D
Why don't you tell 'em about the loneliness?
F#m Bm
Why don't you tell 'em about the loneliness?
Em D
Why don't you tell 'em about the loneliness?
F#m Bm
Why don't you tell 'em about the loneliness?
[Verse 2]
Em
Where did my joy go?
D
I'm chewin' at its vapors
F#m
Hiding from the light
Bm
With this basement as my base
Em
The opposite of a smiling face
D
I pile on disgraces
F#m
Say amazing grace
Bm
To chase down whatever this taste is
Em
I'm a tweeter with a blown cone
D
Wonder where the bass is
F#m
Drawn to you on a path of penciled promises
Bm
Found my feet inside erasers
Em D
Praises to Rafael and St. Rita
F#m
Try to breathe and gasp
Bm
Try to seize and grasp, and breathe my last
Em D
Don't even ask if you can counsel me
F#m
I'm a lone wolf so I wear wolf wear wool
Bm
Like lycanthropy
Em
Cut connections with irreverence
D
I slither in and sever us
F#m
I wanna be the boy who lived
Bm
But never have no trust to give
Em
I must admit through busted lips
D
I've sunken ships and rusted bridges
F#m
Cut slow to the quick
Bm
And lost myself to split decisions
Em
Multiply by my divisions
D
Round down for the placement
Em
Who's he? Just me
Bm
Alone in that basement
[Chorus]
Em D
Why don't you tell 'em about the loneliness?
F#m Bm
Why don't you tell 'em about the loneliness?
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