Verse
D#m
A# flicker of a light in an empty home
C#
Bickering at night and you end up cold
Fm
I wanna let the right brain retain control
A#m
The rhyme inspires most when it's 5 minutes old
D#m
There's a feeling that I get when it's sad and it's grey
C#
Reminds me of times way back in the day
Fm
They wouldn't call me back, they didn't wanna play
I ask my stepmother if it ever goes away
D#m
So I'm sending you a message with text
C#
That doesn't really say it's an SOS
Fm
Yes so I guess that I press those numbers
A#m
To summon for a presto, grow less number
D#m
Looking forwards I spring into summer
C#
And wonder if you would lay around like lumber
Fm
And supports me like a funder
Paying attention to my pain and tension
D#m
We all have forces pulling us under
C#
But somewhere beneath this world torn asunder
Fm
We smell the storm before the thunder
A#m
And bring angles down to earth like sunder
Dm, C#
Fm A#m
And when it bursts, the loneliness hurts like hunger
[Chorus]
D#m C#
Why don't you tell 'em about the loneliness?
Fm A#m
Why don't you tell 'em about the loneliness?
D#m C#
Why don't you tell 'em about the loneliness?
Fm A#m
Why don't you tell 'em about the loneliness?
[Verse 2]
D#m
Where did my joy go?
C#
I'm chewin' at its vapors
Fm
Hiding from the light
A#m
With this basement as my base
D#m
The opposite of a smiling face
C#
I pile on disgraces
Fm
Say amazing grace
A#m
To chase down whatever this taste is
D#m
I'm a tweeter with a blown cone
C#
Wonder where the bass is
Fm
Drawn to you on a path of penciled promises
A#m
Found my feet inside erasers
D#m C#
Praises to Rafael and St. Rita
Fm
Try to breathe and gasp
A#m
Try to seize and grasp, and breathe my last
D#m C#
Don't even ask if you can counsel me
Fm
I'm a lone wolf so I wear wolf wear wool
A#m
Like lycanthropy
D#m
Cut connections with irreverence
C#
I slither in and sever us
Fm
I wanna be the boy who lived
A#m
But never have no trust to give
D#m
I must admit through busted lips
C#
I've sunken ships and rusted bridges
Fm
Cut slow to the quick
A#m
And lost myself to split decisions
D#m
Multiply by my divisions
C#
Round down for the placement
D#m
Who's he? Just me
A#m
Alone in that basement
[Chorus]
D#m C#
Why don't you tell 'em about the loneliness?
Fm A#m
Why don't you tell 'em about the loneliness?
x4 or so