|G5 |C5 |G5 | |

[Verse 1]

Faster than hope flies cold through my veins
Faster than cruelty could drain it out
I commit crimes and I call them mistakes
Nothing denies like a heart in doubt
This I know people flow like streams where I bathe
Then drift along to a foreign place
The past like a servant that bends for our sake
Into the lines we tell it to trace

Like how we are wired
Like how we decide
Like how we are taught
Like how we are not
Like how we hide ourselves in vain

[Verse 2]

Laughter in sunshine, laughter in pain
Keeps pace of heart in an honest life
But after the fondness for life is erased
What races on in my soul besides
Rabid mutts that fight and fk and howl till they faint
They too run on when the moon is lit
Faster than love turns itself into rage
Faster than I attempt to forget

Like how we desire
Like how we embrace
Like how we give up
Like how we make love
Like how we taste when we’re spit away

D5 C5 G5 x2

Like how we are wild
Like how we are pure
Like how we despise
Like how we tell lies
Like how we’re sure we’re gonna change
We’re gonna change
We’re gonna change

e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-7---x-7-7---6-6---6-6-6-6-7-| main riff
D|-7---x-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-5---x-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-----------------------------|

All chords for Bridge/Outro are barred, and rooted on the low E string.
(I.E. Use barred E chord shape on 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 8th frets)
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e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-7---x-7-7---6-6---6-6-6-6-7-|
D|-7---x-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-5---x-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5-| x8
E|-----------------------------|

[Verse 1]

Where I’m from, well no one lived there.
I look back now, nothing’s changed.
Where I’m from now, still no one lives there.
Look back again and lock the door.
Yeah, I maintain, I still remain
one man solitary and no city.
One man solitary and no city.
One man solitary and no city.

e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-7---x-7-7---6-6---6-6-6-6-7-|
D|-7---x-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-5---x-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5-| x2
E|-----------------------------|

[Verse 2]

“Cogito ergo sum” people say,
but think again ‘cause I have no faith.
I find building blocks filled with nothing.
Seen an ink blot page and I said nothing.
“Outside? I’ll check it out it’s just a mirror.”
“Look back now!” An empty page.
Yet I maintain, I still remain,
one man solitary and no city.
One man solitary and no city.
One man solitary and no city.

short pause

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short pause

e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-7---x-7-7---6-6---6-6-6-6-7-|
D|-7---x-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-5---x-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5-| x4
E|-----------------------------|

[Verse 3]

No town and no city
No identity and no city
No thoughts, no feelings and no city
No, you just me I think and no city
No words I speak and no city
No outside and no city
Nothing at all and no city
No way home and no city
No relief and no city
No sympathy and no city
No understanding and no city
There’s no one else and no city
Yet I maintain, I still remain,
one man solitary and no city.

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(Verse 1)

”Where could I start?”
Those are the words I write
A late sentiment a bit misplaced
But that comes as no surprise
At a loss, I’m overwhelmed
Like my memory over time
Just remember that I’ll keep you in
A place that I can find
Steady on my mind

(Verse 2)

You know when it all moves too quick
And can get out of hand?
Sometimes I need a reprieve
I know you’ll understand
You lift the weight in the distance
When my eloquence subsides
And I’ll always hold you close
When you can’t be by my side
Steady on my mind

(Solo)

|Am7 | |Gmaj7| |
|D7 | |C |G |
|D7 | |Gmaj7| |
|D7 | |C |G |
|A7 | |D | |
|D7 | |G | |

(Verse 3)

Wherever you may stay
That’s where I’ll return
I’ve never felt committed to much
But that don’t mean that I can’t learn
To dedicate and reciprocate
What you send my way
And I promise that I’ll say “hello”
As often as “goodbye”
Steady on my mind

e|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|--------------------------| Main Riff
D|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|--------------------8-----|
E|3---0-3---0-3-3-3-5-8-----|3---0-3---0-3-3-3-5-------|

[F/C]

e|-3-----5-----6-----8-----8----|
B|-3-----7-----6-----10----10---|
G|-4-----7-----7-----10----10---|
D|-5-----7-----8-----10----10---|
A|-5-----5-----8-----8-----8----|
E|-3-----x-----6-----x-----8----|

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e|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|--------------------3-----| x2
A|--------------------3-----|--------------------------|
E|3---0-3---0-3-3-3-5-------|3---0-3---0-3-3-3-5-------|

[Verse 1]

Paraphrased, can’t be quoted, it’s hard to say
Paralyzed, doesn’t move it just blinks it’s eyes
Paranoid, just another trap to avoid
Parallel, never crosses, goes straight to hell

[Pre-Chorus 1]

It’s child-like persuading, it’s night-time lactating, It’s pre-season training
Object!
A doorman’s composure, a patient’s disclosure, impostor’s exposure
Subject!

e|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|--------------------3-----|
A|--------------------3-----|--------------------------|
E|3---0-3---0-3-3-3-5-------|3---0-3---0-3-3-3-5-------|

[Verse 2]

Understood, no confession, you said it good
Undeclared, doesn’t know if it’s live or dead
Undesired, cannot see that it’s charms expired
Unconcerned, when its interest can’t be returned

[Pre-Chorus 2]

It’s christened, the entry. It’s paid off, the sentry. It’s here, evidently
Object!
An actor portraying, A cleric obeying, Informer betraying
Subject!

e|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|--------------------3-----|
A|--------------------3-----|--------------------------|
E|3---0-3---0-3-3-3-5-------|3---0-3---0-3-3-3-5-------|
e|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A|--------------------3-----|--------------------------|
E|3---0-3---0-3-3-3-5-------|3---0-3---0-3-3-----------|

[Chorus/Outro]

Sometimes my[F/C] thoughts are infrequent explosions
Sometimes I [F/C] drop definition from my words
Sometimes my[F/C] speech recalls moments of violence
Sometimes I [F/C] can’t be repeated, I can’t be paraphrased. No!

…be paraphrased. No!

e|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------|--------------------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------|--------------------------|
E|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-8-----|3---0-3---0-3-3-3-5-8-----|

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F# – A – D x2

[Verse 1]

My misophonia brought the faders up, now
she’s a military grade, in Dolby surround,
around 5.1. Cue the barking from the baritone
conductor in the pit for the car honk duet.
Half-tone harmony from the sewer.
Rebel youth choir belt phrases even newer.
Dump truck man drops the beat with trash cans,
call 911! We got therapy demands.
Philharmonic got a first chair car crash.
Pan the falsetto to smash the glass.
It’s a drive-by lullaby that couldn’t get worse.
A melody abandoned in the key of New York.

Where nothing comes after. I’m a pass-time streamer, hanging from the rafters
I don’t get out. I don’t have fun. Living like a captive of the sun.

[Bridge/Short Break]

[Verse 2]

I sightread the chart, clap rocks into sand.
A 12-pass van on a pot-hold bandstand.
Got an oil-can hangover by default,
and trucks pave the roads with amphetamine salt
Skull shaking cadence of the ‘J’ train rolls.
Rhythm of defeat, repeating like a pulse.

Marching on and static, lyrics shout a retort
to the melody abandoned in the key of New York

Where nothing comes after. I’m a pass-time streamer, hanging from the rafters
I don’t get out. I don’t have fun. Living like a captive of the sun.

I know exactly where I was when I first saw you the way I see you now,
through these eyes waiting to retry. Those pristine days, I recall so fondly.
So few are trials when a life isn’t lonely, and now if only.
I’d never felt it, I’d never heard it. I know I loved you, did I even deserve it
when you returned it? There’s no suspicion, no hesitation.
Believing through the eyes of sore adoration

Witness and know Fracture and hurt
Eyes in the fire Blink unrehearsed
Shield like a house Closing it’s doors
Curved in the dark Rinses of yours

[Verse 2]

Ashtray is crowded, bottle is empty. No music plays and nothing moves without drifting
into a memory. Busy apartment, no room for grieving.
Sink full of dishes and no trouble believing that you are leaving.
Mid-sentence tremors, mind at it’s weakest. One way of shaking off the thoughts that it sleeps with.

Witness and know Fracture and hurt
Eyes in the fire Blink unrehearsed
Shield like a house Closing it’s doors
Curved in the dark Rinses of yours

[Synth Solo]

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[Verse 3]

In walks the darkness I pitch without you.
Asks me; “Do I realize what I’d done and who I’d done to?”
Indeed, I do know. It never leaves me, just visits less often.
It isn’t gone and I won’t feel it’s grip soften without a coffin.
Breathing beside me, feeling it’s warmness, phantom affection gives a human performance.

Witness and know Fracture and hurt
Eyes in the fire Blink unrehearsed
Shield like a house Closing it’s doors
Curved in the dark Rinses of yours

( A – D – ) x8

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let F#m ring out and end