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