Once
i admit it, what's to say ?
i'll relive it, without pain
backstreet lover on the side of the road
i got a bomb in my temple that is gonna explode
i got a sixteen gauge buried under my clothes, i play...
once upon a time i could control myself
once upon a time i could lose myself
try and mimic what's insane
i am in it - where do i stand ?
oh, indian summer and i hate the heat
i got a backstreet lover on the passenger seat
i got my hand in my pocket, so determined, discreet, i pray
once upon a time i could control myself
once upon a time i could lose myself
you think i got my eyes closed
but i'm lookin at you the whole fuckin time
once upon a time i could control myself
once upon a time i could lose myself
once upon a time i could love myself
once upon a time i could love you
Even Flow
freezin, rests his head on a pillow made of concrete, again
feelin, maybe he'll see a little better, set a days, ooh yeah
hand out, faces that he sees time again ain't that familiar, oh yeah
dark grin, he can't help, when he's happy looks insane, oh yeah
even flow, thoughts arrive like butterflies
oh, he don't know, so he chases them away
someday yet, he'll begin his life again
kneelin, lookin through the paper tho he doesn't know to read
prayin, now to something that has never showed him anything
feelin, understands the weather of the winters on its way
ceilings, few and far between all the legal halls of shame
even flow, thoughts arrive like butterflies
he don't know, so he chases them away
someday yet, he'll begin his life again
whispering hands, gently lead him away
ah yeah... fuck it up...
Alive
son, she said, have i got a little story for you
what you thought was your daddy was nothin' but a...
while you were sittin' home alone at age thirteen
your real daddy was dyin', sorry you didn't see him,
but i'm glad we talked...
i'm still alive
oh, she walks slowly, across a young man's room
she said I'm ready...for you
i can't remember anything to this very day
cept the look, you know where
now I can't see, i just stare
i'm still alive
is something wrong, she said
well of course there is
you're still alive, she said
oh, do I deserve to be ?
is that the question ?
if so... who answers ?
i'm still alive
Why Go
she scratches a letter into a wall, made of stone
maybe someday another child won't feel as alone as she does
it's been two years and counting since they put her in this place
she's been diagnosed by some stupid fuck and mommy agrees
why go home ?
she seems to be stronger but what they want her to be is weak
she could just pretend
she could join the game, boy
she could be another clone
why go home?
what you taught me put me here
don't come visit, mother
Pearl Jam |$---`-------`-$-|----`-$--`--`---|
Why Go |.--`--.--.-`--.-|.--`--.----`----| 4:4
bass tab |----------------|----------------|
|----------------|--------------7-|
0.04 intro t:120
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| 9:8
|-----/------^-5-|-----/------^-57|-----/------^-7-|-----/------^-57--|
|0--0570--0-057--|0--0570--0-057--|0--0570--0-057--|0--0570--0-057--0-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----/------^-7-|-----/---7--^-5-|-----/------^-5-|----^^------^-57|
|0--0570--0-057--|0--0570----057--|0--0570--0-057--|0--0570--0-057--|
|----------------|--------------`-|`-----`---------|``-``-`---------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----/---7--^-5-|-----/------^-5-|-----^------^---|------7-----^---|
|0--0570----057--|0--0570--0-057--|0--0570--0-0570-|0---57---7-0570-|
0.30 verse 1
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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|--------------5-|--------------5-|--------------5-|--------------5-|
|00=0570=-0-057--|0=-0570=-0--57--|0=-05700-0-057--|0=-05700=0-057--|
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|--------------5-|--------------5-|--------------5-|--------------5-|
|0=-0570=-0-057--|0=-0570=-0-057--|0=-0570=-0-057--|0=-0570=-0-057--|
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|0=-0570=-0-057--|0=-0570=-0-057--|0=-0570=-0-057--|0=-0570=-0-057--|
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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------------5-|--------------5-|--------------5-|----------------|
|0=-0570=-0-057--|0--0570--0-057--|0--0570--0-057--|0--0570--0-0575/|
1.03 refrain 1
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| 9:8
|-----/------^-5-|-----/------^-5-|-----/------^-5-|-----/------^-57--|
|0--0570--0-057--|0--0570--0-057--|0--0570--0-057--|0--0570--0-057--0-|
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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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|0---0-0---------|----------------|----------------|------------12\-|
1.20 verse 2
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------------5-|--------------5-|--------------5-|--------------5-|
|0=-0570=-0-057--|0=-0570=-0-057--|0=-0570=-0-057--|0=-0570=-0-057--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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|--------------5-|--------------5-|--------------5-|--------------5-|
|0=-0570=-0-057--|0=-0570=-0-057--|0=-0570=-0-057--|0--0570--0-057--|
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1.37 refrain 2
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| 9:8
|-----/------^-5-|-----/------^-5-|-----/------^-5-|-----/------^-57--|
|0--0570--0-057--|0--0570--0-057--|0--0570--0-057--|0--0570--0-057--0-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------7-----7---|7---7----7--7---|7-----------7---|7--7--7--7--7---|
|0---0-----0---0-|---0--0---0--00-|---00-0---0-----|0-0--0--0--0-77-|
1.54 chorus 1
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----/----------|----------------|-----/----------|
|7---^-----------|---0575---5-5-5-|7---^-----------|---0575---5-5---|
|---05-7---7-7\--|3---------------|---05-7-7-7-7-7\|3---------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----/----------|----------------|----------------|
|7---^-----------|---0575---5-5---|7---^-----------|---5------------|
|---05-7---7-7\--|3---------------|---05-7---7-7\--|0---------------|
2.10 solo
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----^^----^^----|----------------|----------------|
|----------^/----|---0575--0577---|7---------------|-------------^^-|
|0--00-3--0357-0-|5-------------0-|---00-3---3-3-0-|5--5--5--5--530-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----^^----^^----|----------------|----------------|
|----------^/----|---0575--0577---|7---------------|------5\--^-3-^-|
|0--00-3--0357-0-|57=-------------|---00-3--03-3-/-|7--5-----035-530|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-------------^--|----------------|----------------|
|7---^^------^^--|----------5-57--|7---------------|7--5---^^--^-^--|
|---0353---3-530-|5-----7---------|---00-3---3-3---|------7605-0300-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|---------^------|----------------|-^^-^^-^^-------|
|7---------------|--------575-----|7---------------|970970970---7---|
|---00-3--/7-5-0-|5--56-7-----7-5-|---00-3---3-3-0-|---------079-970|
2.42 chorus 2
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----/----------|----------------|-----/----------|
|7---------------|---0575---5-5-=-|7---^-----------|---0575---5-5-=-|
|---00-7---7-7\5\|3---------------|---05-7-7-7-7\5\|3---------------|
2.49
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|7---0-----------|----0-5---5-5-=-|7---0-----------|----0-5---5-5-=-|
|------7---7-7\--|3---------------|------7---7-7\--|3---------------|
2.58
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|7---------------|------5---5-5---|7---------------|----0-5---5-5-/-|
|------7---7-7\--|3---------------|------7---7-7\--|3---------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|7---0-----------|----0-5---5-5-5/|7---0-----------|---5------------|
|------7---7-7\5\|3---------------|------7--77-777\|0---------------|
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Black
sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
were laid spread out before me as her body once did
all five horizons revolved around her soul as the earth to the sun
now the air i tasted and breathed has taken a turn
ooh, and all i taught her was everything
ooh, i know she gave me all that she wore
and now my bitter hands chafe beneath the clouds of what was everything
oh, the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...
i take a walk outside, i'm surrounded by some kids at play
i can feel their laughter, so why do i sear
ooh, and twisted thoughts that spin round my head
i'm spinnin - how quick the sun can, drop away
and now my bitter hands cradle broken glass, of what was everything
all the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...
all the love gone bad turned my world to black
tattooed all i see, all that i am, all i will be...
i know someday you'll have a beautiful life, i know you'll be a star
in somebody else's sky, but why... can't it be... mine ?
Pearl Jam -------(19)--``-|
Black --------19\----|
bass tab ----------19\\|
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0.24 verse 1 4:4 t:75
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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|7-----7-7---7\\-|------0o44-45566|7-------7----777|-------^-^^^--\/|
|----------------|5-----------/---|------0---------|5-----575----545|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|7-------7-----7\|------0o44-45566|7-------------.------------------|
|------0---------|5-----------/---|----------------|0---------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------^^----|----------------|
|7-------7---=-7\|------0o44-45566|7-------7-.--77\|0------^-----^-/|
|------0---------|5-----------/---|------0.--------|------575---6545|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|7---=---7-7-=-7\|------0o44-45566|7------------^^^-------------7\\-|
|------0---------|5-----------/---|----------------|0---------------|
1.15 bridge 1
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-^---------^T---|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|TF--------TF----|
|3-----333..-----|3-----333--.3/--|7---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----0---0---0---|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
|3---=-33333-=---|3-----333-333-3/|7---------------|7-7-=7--7-7-7-| 7:8
|----------------|----------------|0---o-0-0-------|--------------|
1.40 chorus 1
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|5---555-5-5-555\|3---333---3-333/|7-----7---7---7\|
|----------------|----------------|0---0---o---00--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-------^--------|----------------|----------------|
|5---55575-5-.55\|3---333=333-333/|7-----^^^-------|
|----------------|----------------|0---------------|
2.00 verse 2
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|---(7)----------|---(7)----------|----------------|----------------|
|7-------7---7-7\|---o--0o44-45566|7-------7-.-7\--|-------^------/-|
|------o---------|5-----------/---|------0---------|5-----575-5-545-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|7-------7---7\\-|------0o44-45566|7---------------|7-------7---7\\-|
|------0o--------|5---=-------/---|----0---o-------|----------------|
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2.25 bridge 2
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-^--------T-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|TF------TF--F-F\|
|3-.---333---3.--|3-----33.33-3/5/|7---------------|------TF--------|
|----------------|----------------|----0--.0---o---|---oo-----------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
|3---=-33333-=---|3-3-=-33.33-3/5/|--7--------^^^--|7---7---7-7:7\| 7:8
|----------------|----------------|0---o---0-------|--------------|
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2.49 chorus 2
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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|5---5-5---5-555\|3---3-3---3-333/|7-----7---7---7\|
|----------------|----------------|0---0---o---00--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|5---555---5-5-5\|3---3-3---3-3-3/|7-----7---7-7777|
|----------------|----------------|0---0-----------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|5---5-5-.-5-5.5\|3---3-3-..3-..3-|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|5---.-5-.-5-555\|3---3-3-.-3-..3/|7-----7---7---7-|
|----------------|----------------|0---0---o---oo--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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|5---.-5-.-5-555\|3-.-3-3---3-3-3-|7-----7---7-777-|
|----------------|----------------|0---0------o----|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|5---5-5---5-5.5\|3---3-3---3-3.3-|
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3.39
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|7-----7---7---7-|5---5-5---5.555\|3---3-3---3-333-|
|----0---0o-o0o--|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|7-----7---7---7-|5---5-5---5-555\|3---3-3--.3.3.3-|
|----0---0o--0o--|----------------|----------------|
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3.57 outro
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|7-----7---7---7-|5-.-5-5---5-555\|3---3-3---3-333/|
|----0---0o--0o--|----------------|----------------|
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|7-----7---7---7-|5---5-5---5-..5-|3---3-3-..3-..3-|
|----0---0o--0o--|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|7-----7---7---7-|5-.-5-5--.5-555\|3---3-3-..3-..3/|
|--o-0---0o--0o--|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|7-----7---7---7-|5---5-5---5-5.5\|3---3-3-..3-..3/|
|----0---0o--0o-o|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|7-----7---7---7-|5---5-5--.5-555\|3-.-3-3-..3-..3/|
|----0--o-o--0o--|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|7-----7---7---7-|5---5-5.-.5--.5-|3---3-3-3-3-3333|
|----0--o-o--0o-o|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
4.52 |----------------|----------------|
|5---5-5---5-555\|3---3-3-3-3-333-|
|----------------|----------------|
4.58
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|7-----7-7-7-7-7-|5---5-5--.5--.5-|3---3-33-.3-333/|
|----0--o--------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------^------|---------^------|---------^------|
|7---777-79X-9-7\|5-.-5-5-579-7-5-|3---3-3-579-7-X\|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|7---7-777-X-9-7-|5-5-5-555-9-7-5-|3---3-3---9-8-7-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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|7---777.7-X-9-7-|5---5-5---9-7-5-|3---3-3---9-8-7-|
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Jeremy
at home, drawing pictures, of mountain tops
with him on top, lemon yellow sun, arms raised in a V
the dead lay in pools of maroon below
daddy didn't give attention
to the fact that mommy didn't care
king Jeremy the wicked ruled his world
Jeremy spoke in class today...
clearly i remember pickin on the boy, seemed a harmless little fuck
ooh, but we unleashed a lion, gnashed his teeth n bit the recess lady's breast
how could i forget, he hit me with a surprise left, my jaw left hurtin
dropped wide open, just like the day, oh, like the day I heard
daddy didn't give affection
and the boy was something mommy wouldn't wear
king Jeremy the wicked ruled his world
Jeremy spoke in class today...
try to forget this...
try to erase this...
from the blackboard
Jeremy spoke in class today
Oceans
hold on to the thread the currents will shift
glide me towards you know something's left
and we're all allowed to dream of the next
oh, the next time we touch...
you don't have to stray two oceans away
waves roll in my thoughts hold tight the ring
the sea will rise, please stand by the shore
i will be there once more...
Porch
what the fuck is this world runnin to, you didn't leave a message
least i could have learned your voice one last time
daily minefield, this could be my time, how bout you?
would you hit me...
all the bills go by and initiatives are taken up by the middle
there ain't gonna be any middle any more
and the cross i'm bearing home
ain't indicative of my place
left the porch...
hear my name, take a good look, this could be the day
hold my hand, walk beside me, i just need to say...
hear my name, take a good look, this could be the day
hold my hand, lie beside me, i just need to say...
what can i take, i just want to be
i know that i would not ever touch you
hold you, feel you, ever hold, never again
Garden
the direction of the eye, so misleading
the defection of the soul, nauseously quick
i don't question our existence
i just question our modern needs
i will walk...with my hands bound
i will walk...with my face blood
i will walk...with my shadow flag
into your garden, garden of stone
after all is done, we're still alone, i won't be taken
yet I'll go...with my hands bound
i will walk...with my face blood
i will walk...with my shadow flag
into your garden, garden of stone
i don't show... i don't share... i don't need what you have to give...
i don't know... i don't care... i don't need you, for me to live
Pearl Jam
Garden
bass tab
0.00 intro t:90 4:4 5:4
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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------|
0.13
|----------------|----------------|---------(7)----|-----(7)--------|
|-----(7)--------|-----(7)--(7)---|-----(7)--------|----------------|
|0--------(5)----|0----------(5)--|o---------------|0---------------|
|----------------|----------------|------------\\\-|----------------|
0.25 verse 1
|--------(7)-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----(7)-(7)=---(7)---(7)--------|---------(7)----(7)---(7)--------|
|0---------------|----------------|-^^^--0----(7)--|-------(5)------|
|----------------|----------------|5---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------(7)----|-----(7)--------|-----(7)-(5)----|-----------(7)--|
|0----(5)--------(5)-----(5)------|0---------------(5)----(5)----(5)|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|------------^---|----------------|
|-----(7)-(7)----|----------------|-----(7)-(5)-7\\|------------^---|
|0------(5)------|0-----0---------|0------(5)------|o-----o-----12\\|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
1.02 chorus 1
|----------------|----------------|-------------^--|----------------|
|7---7=7---7---7-|5-----------5---|7---7=7-----79\\|5-----------5---|
|---o------------|------5---5--5//|---o------------|------5---5--5//|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-^^^---------^--|------------`---|
|7---7-7---7-77--|5---------------|9-----7-----79\\|5---------------|
|---o------------|------5-----5-//|----------------|------5---------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
1.27 theme 1
|----------------|-^--------------|----------------|-^--------------|
|7--5--4--------/|57-\\-----------|7--5--4--------/|57--------------|
|----------5---56|------0---------|----------5---56|--0-------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
1.39 verse 2
|----------------|-^--------------|----------------|-^--------------|
|7--5--4---------|57-\\-----------|7--5--4---------|57------7-77777-|
|----------5---5//------0---------|----------5---5//----o-o---------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
1.51 chorus 2
|----------------|----------------|-------------^--|----------------|
|------7------7--|5-----------5---|----7-7-----79\\|5--555------5---|
|0--o0-----.-o---|------5---5--5--|0--o------------|------5---5--5\\|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-^^^---------^--|----------------|
|----7=7-----77--|5---------------|9-----7---7-79\\|5---------------|
|0--o------------|------5-----5-//|----------------|------5-----5//-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
2.15 theme 2
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------0--.o-|-^--------0--.o-|-^--------0---o-|-^--------0--o0-|
|T--X-\9\\-------|XT--X--9\-------|XT--X--9\-------|XT--X--9\-------|
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2.27 bridge 1
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|-^--------0--.o-|-^--------0--.o-|
|XT--X--9\-------|XT-.X--9\-------|
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6:8 9:8
|----------------|------------|------------------|
|-^--------0---o-|-^--------0--------------------|
|XT--X--9\-------|XT-.X--9\---|------------------|
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2.41 |-----'`-|`---`-'---.--.'-|.---.'`------.'-|`--..-'---.--.'-|
solo |--57-\\-|------7---------|----------------|----------------|
4:8 |57------|0---o-----o--o0-|0---ooo-o-o-----|0--o0-0----------
|--------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|`---..`---|----`-----|----`-----.-'.--|.--.'-.---.-'---|
|----------|--------57|----7-----------|----7-7---7-7-7-|
---------=-|0-----57--|0---------------|0--o-o----------|
|----------|----------|----------------|----------------|
5:8
|----------------|----------------|
|7---7-7---777---|7---=-7---=-----|
|---o------------|----------------|
|.--.'-.---..'.--|.--.'-.--..-'---|
6:4
|`-----------`-------`---|.--.'-.--..-'---|.--.'-.--...'.--|.--.'-.--..-'---|
|------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------XT-\\-7--------------------------|----------------|----------------|
|------XT----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|.--.'-.----.'.--|.--.'-.---.-'-`-|
|7---------------|7---------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|`---'-''''--'-`---------|----------------|----------------|------------^---|
|------------------------|----------------|----------------|---------765o567|
|o-------XT-\\-7--------\\\---------------|----------------|----------------|
|------XT----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
3.37 chorus 3
|----------------|----------------|-------------^--|----------------|
|----7---7-7-7-7-|5---------------|------7-----79\\|5--.55------5---|
|0-0----------o--|------5------5\\|0--oo-----------|------5----5-5\\|
|----------------|------------5---|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-^^^---------^--|----------------|
|----7-7-----77--|5---------------|9-----7-----79\\|5---------------|
|0--o------------|------5-----5//-|----------------|------5------5\\|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------5---|
|----------------|----------------|-------------^--|-------------^/-|
|----7-7---7777--|5---------------|------7-----79\\|5---55------o45-|
|0-oo------------|------5------5\\|0--oo-----------|------5---------|
|----------------|------------5---|----------------|----------------|
4.12 bridge 2
|----------------|----------------|-^--------------|-^--------------|
|7--5--4---0---o-|57-\5-\4\-0-o-o-|57--5--4--0-o-o-|57--5--4--0-o0--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-^--------------|-^--------------|-^--------------|-^--------------|
|57--5--4--0-o-o-|57--5--4--0-o-o-|57--5--4--0-o-o-|57--5--4-.0-0o0-|
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Deep
on the edge, windowsill
ponders his maker, ponders his will
to the street below he just ain't nothin
but he's got a great view and he sinks the needle deep
can't touch the bottom, in too deep...
on the edge of a know-nothin town
feelin quite superior, the aged come
to the sky above, he just ain't nothin
but he's got a great view and he sinks the burning knife deep
can't touch the bottom, in too deep...
on the edge of a christmas clean love
young virgin from heaven visiting, yeah
to the man above her she just ain't nothin
she doesn't like the view... but he sinks himself deep
can't touch the bottom, in too deep...
Release
i see the world, feel the chill
which way to go, windowsill
i see the words, on a rocking horse of time
i see the birds in the rain
oh dear dad, can you see me now
i am myself, like you somehow
i'll ride the wave, where it takes me
i'll hold the pain, release me...
oh dear dad, can you see me now
i am myself, like you somehow
i'll wait up in the dark, for you to speak to me
i'll open up, release me...
Yellow Ledbetter
unsealed, on a porch a letter sat
then you said i wanna leave it again
once i saw her on a beach of weathered sand
and on the sand i wanna leave it again, yeah
on a weekend i wanna wish it all away, yeah
and they called and i said that i want what i said
and then i call out again
and the reason oughta leave her calm i know
i said i dont know whether i'm the boxer or the bag
can you see them out on the porch - yeah, but they dont wave
i see them round the front way, yeah - and i know i dont want to stay
make me cry
ooh i see
i dont know there's something else i wanna drum it all away
oh i said i dont, i dont know whether i'm a boxer or the bag
can you see them out on the porch - yeah, but they dont wave
i see them round the front way, yeah - and i know i dont want to stay
Go
oh please don't go out on me, don't go out on me now
never acted up before, don't go on me now
i swear u never took it for granted, just thought of it now
suppose i abused you, just passing it on... go... fuck...
once fastened, servile, now you're getting sharp
moving oh so swiftly, with such disarm
i pulled the covers over him, shoulda pulled the alarm
turned to my nemesis...a fool, not a fucking god
no...time...suck...my...
please... don't go on me...
suck... blood... touch...
please, tunnel vision...
tuck... time... see...
please... don't go on me...
Dissident
she nursed him there, over a night
i wasn't so sure she wanted him to stay, what to say...
but soon she was down, soon he was low
at a quarter past... a holy no...
she had to turn around
when she couldn't hold, oh... she folded... a dissident is here
escape is never, the safest path - a dissident, a dissident is here
and to this day, she's glided on, always home but so far away
like a word misplaced - nothing said, what a waste
when she had contact, with the conflict...
there was meaning, but she sold him to the state
she had to turn around
when she couldn't hold... she folded... a dissident is here
escape is never, the safest path - a dissident, a dissident is here
she gave him away
when she couldn't hold... no... she folded... a dissident is here
escape is never, the safest path - a dissident, a dissident is here
couldn't hold on...she couldn't hold...no...she folded... a dissident is here
escape is never the safest place - a dissident is here
Blood
spin me round, roll me over, fuckin circus
stab it down, one-way needle, pulled so slowly
drains and spills, soaks the pages, fills their sponges
it's my blood...
paint Ed big...turn Ed into...one of his enemies...
it's my blood...
stab it down, fill the pages, suck my fuckin life out, man
maker of my enemies...
take...my...
Rearviewmirror
i took a drive today, time to emancipate
i guess it was the beatings, made me wise
but i'm not about to give thanks, or apologize
i couldn't breathe, holdin me down, hand on my face, pushed to the ground
enmity gauged, united by fear, forced to endure what i could not forgive...
i seem to look away, wounds in the mirror waved
it wasn't my surface, most defiled
head at your feet, fool to your crown, fist on my plate, swallowed it down
enmity gauged, united by fear, tried to endure what i could not forgive
saw things... clearer... once you, were in my... rearviewmirror...
i gather speed from you fucking with me
once and for all i'm far away
i hardly believe, finally the shades...are raised...
saw things so much clearer
once you... rearviewmirror...
Indifference
I will light the match this morning, so I won't be alone
Watch as she lies silent, for soon light will be gone
Oh I will stand arms outstretched, pretend I'm free to roam
Oh I will make my way, through, one more day in...hell
How much difference does it make
How much difference does it make...
I will hold the candle, till it burns up my arm
I'll keep takin' punches, until their will grows tired
Oh I will stare the sun down, until my eyes go blind
Hey I won't change direction, and I won't change my mind
how much difference does it make
how much difference does it make..
how much difference...
I'll swallow poison, until I grow immune
I will scream my lungs out till it fills this room
How much difference
How much difference
How much difference does it make
How much difference does it make...
Not For You
restless soul, enjoy your youth - like Muhammad, hits the truth
can't escape from the common rule - if you hate something, don't you do it too...
small my table, sits just two - got so crowded, i can't make room
oh, where did they come from - stormed my room
and you dare say it belongs to you...
this is not for you
scream...my friends...don't call me...
friends, no they don't scream...
my friends don't call...my friends don't...
all that's sacred, comes from youth - dedication, naive and true
with no power, and fuckin nothing to do
i still remember, why don't you...don't you...
this is not for you...
oh, never was for you...fuck you...
this is not for you...
oh, this is not for you...yeah, you...
this is not for you...
Tremor Christ
winded is the sailor... drifting by the storm...
wounded is the organ, he left all... bloodied on the shore...
gorgeous was his savior, sees her... drowning in his wake...
daily taste the salt of her tears, but... a chance blamed fate...
little secrets, tremors... turned to quake...
the smallest oceans still get... big, big waves...
ransom paid the devil... he whispers pleasing words...
triumphant are the angels if they can... get there first...
little secrets, tremors... turned to quake...
the smallest oceans still get... big, big waves...
i'll decide... take the dive... take my time... not my life...
wait for signs... believe in lies... to get by... it's divine...
whoa... oh, you know what it's like...
turns the bow back, tows and... drops the line...
puts his faith in love and tremor christ...
Nothingman
once divided... nothing left to subtract...
some words when spoken... can't be taken back...
walks on his own... with thoughts he can't help thinking...
future's above... but in the past, he's slow and sinking...
caught a bolt o lightnin... cursed the day he let it go...
nothingman... nothingman... isn't it something... nothingman...
she once believed... in every story he had to tell...
one day she stiffened... took the other side...
empty stares... from each corner of a shared prison cell...
one just escapes... one's left inside the well...
and he who forgets... will be destined to remember...
nothingman... nothingman... isn't it something... nothingman...
oh, she don't want him...
oh, she won't feed him... after he's flown away...
oh, into the sun... ah, into the sun... burn... burn...
nothingman... nothingman... isn't it something... nothingman...
nothingman... coulda been something... nothingman...
Corduroy
the waiting drove me mad... you're finally here and i'm a mess
i take your entrance back... can't let you roam inside my head
i don't want to take what you can give...
i would rather starve than eat your bread...
i would rather run but i can't walk...
guess i'll lie alone just like before...
i'll take the varmint's path... oh, and i must refuse your test
push me and i will resist... this behavior's not unique
i don't want to hear from those who know...
they can buy, but can't put on my clothes...
i don't want to limp for them to walk...
never would have known of me before...
i don't want to be held in your debt...
i'll pay it off in blood, let i be wed...
i'm already cut up and half dead...
i'll end up alone like i began...
everything has chains...
absolutely nothing's changed
Better Man
waitin, watchin' the clock, it's four o'clock, it's got to stop
yell him, take no more, she practices her speech
as he opens the door, she rolls over...
pretends to sleep, as he looks her over
she lies and says she's in love with him, can't find a better man...
she dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a better man...
can't find a better man...
talkin to herself, there's no one else who needs to know...
she tells herself, oh...
memories back when she was bold and strong
and waiting for the world to come along...
swears she knew it, now she swears he's gone
she lies and says she's in love with him, can't find a better man...
she dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a better man...
she lies and says she still loves him, can't find a better man...
she dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a better man...
can't find a better man...
she loved him, yeah...she don't want to leave this way
she needs him, yeah...that's why she'll be back again
can't find a better man...
Immortality
vacate is the word... vengeance has no place on me or her
cannot find the comfort in this world
artificial tear... vessel stabbed... next up, volunteers
vulnerable, wisdom can't adhere...
a truant finds home...and a wish to hold on...
but there's a trapdoor in the sun...
immortality...
as privileged as a whore...victims in demand for public show
swept out through the cracks beneath the door
holier than thou, how - surrendered...executed anyhow
scrawl dissolved, cigar box on the floor...
a truant finds home...and a wish to hold on too...
he saw the trapdoor in the sun...
i cannot stop the thought... i'm running in the dark...
coming up a which way sign... all good truants must decide...
oh, stripped and sold, mom... auctioned forearm...
and whiskers in the sink...
truants move on...cannot stay long
some die just to live...
I Got Id
my lips are shakin, my nails are bit off
it's been a month since i've heard myself talk
only advantage this life's got on me
picture a cup in the middle of the sea
and i fought back in my mind, never lets me be right...
i got memories, i got shit, so much it don't show...
oh, i walked the line... when you held me in at night
oh, i walked the line... when you held my hand and i...
on empty shells seem so easy to crack
got all these questions, don't know who i could even ask
so i'll just lie down and wait for the dream
where i'm not ugly and your'e lookin at me
and i'll stay in bed... oh, little i've seen there
if just once i could be loved... oh, id stare back at me
oh, i walked the line... when you held me in at night
oh, i walked the line... when you held my hand and i
oh, i walked the line... when you held me close at night
oh, i paid the price... never held you in your eyes
Off He Goes
know a man...his face seems pulled and tense...
like he's riding on a motorbike... in the strongest winds
so i approach with tact... suggest that he should relax...
but he's always moving much too fast...
said he'll see me on the flipside... of this trip he's taken for a ride
he's been takin'... too much on... off he goes
with his perfectly... unkept clothes... there he goes...
he's yet to come back...but i've seen his picture
doesn't look the same up on the rack... we go way back...
i wonder bout his insides...
it's like his thoughts are too big for his size
he's been taken... where, i don't know... off he goes
with his perfectly... unkept hope... there he goes...
and now i rub my eyes... for he has returned
seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...
for he still smiles... and he's still strong
nothing's changed, but the surrounding bullshit... that has grown
and now he's home... and we're laughing...
like we always did... my same old... same old friend
until a quarter-to-ten... i saw the strain creep in...
he seems distracted and i know just what is gonna happen next
before his first step... he is off again
Nothing as It Seems
don't feel like home... he's a little out...
and all these words elope... it's nothing like your poem...
putting in.. inputting in... don't feel like methadone...
scratching voice.. all alone.. it's nothing like your baritone
it's nothing as it seems.. the little that he needs... it's home
the little that he sees.. is nothing, he concedes.. it's home
one uninvited chromosome.. a blanket like the ozone...
it's nothing as it seems, all that he needs. it's home...
the little that he frees.. is nothing, he believes...
saving up a sunny day,.. something maybe two tone...
anything to call his own,.. a chip off the cornerstone...
who's kidding, rainy day,...one way ticket headstone...
occupations overthrown,.. a whisper thru a megaphone...
it's nothing as it seems,... the little that he needs... it's home
the little that he sees, ..is nothing, he concedes... it's home...
and all that he frees,... a little bittersweet.. it's home...
it's nothing as it seems,.. the little that you see.. it's home...
I Am Mine
the selfish, they're all standing in line...
faith in their hope and to buy themselves time
me, i figure as each breath goes by, i only own my mind
the north is to south what the clock is to time
there's east and theres west and there everywhere life
i know that i was born and i know that i'll die
the in between is mine, i am mine
and the feeling it gets left behind...
oh the innocence broken with time...
we're different behind the eyes, theres no need to hide, cuz we're safe tonight
the ocean is full cause everyones crying,
the full moon is looking for friends at high tide.
the sorrow grows bigger when the sorrows denied.
i only know my mind, i am mine.
and the feeling it gets left behind...
oh the innocence broken with time.
we're different between the lines, theres no need to hide, cuz we're safe tonight
and the feeling it gets left behind...
oh the innocence broken with time.
we're different behind the eyes, there's no need to hide.
and the feeling it gets left behind...
oh, the innocence broken with lies
we're different behind the eyes, we're safe tonight.
