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