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