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