Verse
F#m
C# flicker of a light in an empty home
E
Bickering at night and you end up cold
G#m
I wanna let the right brain retain control
C#m
The rhyme inspires most when it's 5 minutes old
F#m
There's a feeling that I get when it's sad and it's grey
E
Reminds me of times way back in the day
G#m
They wouldn't call me back, they didn't wanna play
I ask my stepmother if it ever goes away
F#m
So I'm sending you a message with text
E
That doesn't really say it's an SOS
G#m
Yes so I guess that I press those numbers
C#m
To summon for a presto, grow less number
F#m
Looking forwards I spring into summer
E
And wonder if you would lay around like lumber
G#m
And supports me like a funder
Paying attention to my pain and tension
F#m
We all have forces pulling us under
E
But somewhere beneath this world torn asunder
G#m
We smell the storm before the thunder
C#m
And bring angles down to earth like sunder
Dm, E
G#m C#m
And when it bursts, the loneliness hurts like hunger
[Chorus]
F#m E
Why don't you tell 'em about the loneliness?
G#m C#m
Why don't you tell 'em about the loneliness?
F#m E
Why don't you tell 'em about the loneliness?
G#m C#m
Why don't you tell 'em about the loneliness?
[Verse 2]
F#m
Where did my joy go?
E
I'm chewin' at its vapors
G#m
Hiding from the light
C#m
With this basement as my base
F#m
The opposite of a smiling face
E
I pile on disgraces
G#m
Say amazing grace
C#m
To chase down whatever this taste is
F#m
I'm a tweeter with a blown cone
E
Wonder where the bass is
G#m
Drawn to you on a path of penciled promises
C#m
Found my feet inside erasers
F#m E
Praises to Rafael and St. Rita
G#m
Try to breathe and gasp
C#m
Try to seize and grasp, and breathe my last
F#m E
Don't even ask if you can counsel me
G#m
I'm a lone wolf so I wear wolf wear wool
C#m
Like lycanthropy
F#m
Cut connections with irreverence
E
I slither in and sever us
G#m
I wanna be the boy who lived
C#m
But never have no trust to give
F#m
I must admit through busted lips
E
I've sunken ships and rusted bridges
G#m
Cut slow to the quick
C#m
And lost myself to split decisions
F#m
Multiply by my divisions
E
Round down for the placement
F#m
Who's he? Just me
C#m
Alone in that basement
[Chorus]
F#m E
Why don't you tell 'em about the loneliness?
G#m C#m
Why don't you tell 'em about the loneliness?
x4 or so