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