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