1. |
Knife
04:55
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bm - d - g - a
anything I say will hurt
and I don't want to hurt you
and I don't know how to phrase it
but I'm clawing out my eyes because
there's so much there I need to process
I don't want to be the one that lingers
in your mind as something you did wrong
but god I was so stressed for sure
you were suicidal most of that first year
and I was terrified your dad might snap
and fucking kill you
solo melody on 7th fret (not sure of chords)
I don't love you anymore
I never meant to make you cry
now I'm just another
knife in your back, oh
god I'm sorry I just can't do it
I still want someone to hold me
I still want someone who loves me like you did
but I can't be their protector
I can't stop someone from googling a bridge
and for the record babe I loved the way
you liked to phrase things
it was always funny and made me laugh so much
but now I'm scared of another's touch
'cus if I find someone,
and they get hungry for a loaded gun
oh no
no I don't love you anymore
and I don't know if I can do this shit again
'cus there might be some pleasure
but it's not worth it if I feel so far away
and so afraid
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2. |
123
04:18
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A shape on 5th string, 11th fret - move to 9th, then 6th, then back
123
that's all I want to be
as simple as it seems
approachable and clean
blue red green
just the primaries
and yellow as a treat
(E shape on 6th)
I'm feeling overwhelmed
feeling overwhelmed
when you are
here, with, me
oooh
and I wanna make some room
wanna make it soon
wanna make some room for you
but its all so complicated !
whats a dog to do?
ooh.
it's all so hard to do
I wanna make it easy for you
and easy for me,
easy for you,
easy for me like
123
just 123
three steps then we're there
three steps then you're here with me
you can come and go, yes or no
black and white, I don't know
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3. |
ILY, IWY, ID
03:52
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c#m - b - a
I wake up early, I see that it's raining
pouring down in the summer heat
flooding streets on a weekend off
hard I find not to think of you
such a mess to have it happen now
with all the students leaving village bare
bars open late but the college closed
town comes a casket for my cold throat
g#m - a - c#m, b
I love you, I want you, I don't
I love you, I want you, I don't
a - b - c#m, b
I live the fringes of others lives
dwelling in attics and working late
I need a net but it don't need me
still not sure if they understand
bluebird swallowed itself like a snake
with it my food now leaving me scared
no, I wouldn't know what to give to ya dear
this year I've died in a thousand new ways
I love you, I want you, I don't
I love you, I want to, but I don't
it's hard to, commit to, you
when I don't feel like you want me to
and I can barely take care of myself as it is
I'm glad that, you moved out, you're stable
I don't know, what I want, what I need
I wander, newmaker, aimless
but someday, I'm sure I'll, be free
someday I'll be
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4. |
ITWYRW
03:40
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c unbarred - c - g
god was never on my side
if he is, he likes to hide
christmas comes with empty boxes
christ arrives with tangerines
f
or so it seems
f - g
c unbarred/note/am - c - g
oooh is this what you really wanted?
a coffin full of fur
yet again I find no,
everything I have I don't
f - g
I took the train to nowheresville
where nothing happens, no one's real
why'd I wait another stop?
could it be I can't get off?
could it be this train can't stop?
everything they gave me
wasn't what I'm waiting for
what I'm waiting for
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5. |
Yellow Fur
03:26
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g#m - a - g#m - f#
she is calm and collected
when I wish to be
she is strong and respected
when I feel so weak
she's an easy escape
she's a welcome embrace
g#m - f# - e
yellow fur, I love her
and I feel
that when I am with her
the pain is relieved
f#
she's as sharp as a diamond
when I wish to be
she's the eye of the storm
and that's what I need
though she's only a ghost
she'll be there when I need her
though she's hollow and frayed
she still moves when I do
and while I may decay
she fills me with life
she holds me so tight
she makes me so sure
that I still love her
yellow fur
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6. |
Theme For Sydney
03:02
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(chords? no idea)
Don't fuck it up!
don't fuck it up
they'll never forgive you,
they'll never forget
(A shape on 5th fret, then 4th, 3rd, and 2nd)
and you'll have to live with the knowledge that
you let them all down and ruined your life
you were a shithead and ruined your life
no one will care and no one will love you again
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7. |
Marnie's Song
02:34
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c - em
little girl, so cold and grey
somber smile upon your face
am - g - b7 - em
am - g - b7
lost to time, how you've grown
where's that girl that I had known ?
I have been away too long
in my room incanting songs
I will sing you something kind
with the hope that i will find
the little girl from yesterday
that I'd thought had ran away
now I see without a doubt
she's grown into a woman now
aaaa
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8. |
Not Enough
02:32
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(no chords, improv solo)
There's not enough of me
to go around
So much to do, just one of me
two hands, I'll cut them off
There's not enough of me
There's not even one of me
There's not enough
I love to work all day and night
and day and night and day
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9. |
FAISADIDTITOO
03:28
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A-G-D-A
it was nice to have someone who I could try and please
I would turn myself into an idol that you'd crave on hands and knees
F-G x2
that was the mission statement
but now I've lost the plot
F-G-D
without a candle in the dark I think that I forgot
A-B-D-A
for all I've said and done
I don't think I'm the only one
for all I'd like to do
I wish I knew
somedays I feel defined
but other days it's blurry lines
for all I've said and done
I guess I'm lonely
I don't really wanna crawl all after someone else right now
but I also see that I am lost without a light
messy hair and makeup stains
mark territory where I linger
I feel so tired, though I'm sure I got some sleep
I guess it's all too much for me
I wish I had some pot right now
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10. |
Faceless Monsters
04:44
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Bm (unbarred 8thfret, sounds more like Em) - a , B
putrid smell of gasoline falling from the sky
faceless monsters in a crowd laughing as they walk by
people get so ugly and so horrible
nothing worth it out there I don't even try
put me in a blender, bury me in mud
put me in a blender, bury me in mud
drain the body of its liquids, soak them in a towel
wring me out and overtop a dirty bathroom stall
E - C(open) - D - B
I don't need you, I don't need anyone
friends are there to hurt me, to use me
I'll never let you in again
I don't need you, cruel irony
rotten to the core I must be crazy
I must be crazy
acid in the air this month its normal at this point
choking on a guillotine of murderer's crude law
growing up American like growing up a corpse
hate to seem opinionated, but look at what you've done
c#m - gm - e - b
this is a dirty world with a ticking clock
I want to scream and cry all day and night
I hate myself for looking up
expecting something better than this
friends are there to hurt you, to kill you
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11. |
Perfect
03:38
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(tune 4th string down a note)
E - A
the sun it comes too early in the night
too quick to fall asleep
the song is nearly over once it starts
I'm left behind
you don't have to be perfect all the time
marching bands make so much noise just trying to keep in time
play it how you want, play it how you please
play it wrong and out of tune for me
they say there's something wrong with me but I
I don't think I agree
this city scrambles here and there but oh
it goes nowhere
(bridge!)
unbarred5thA - A
unbarred5thA - 7thA
you don't have to be perfect all the time
the hardest part of moving on is leaving the pain behind
we are not machines, though we'd like to be
though we'd like to let our bodies bleed
would it be so bad to get some sleep?
no promises to keep
dreaming by the candlelight with me
that's how it could be
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12. |
4
02:38
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Em on 4th (mute 3rd string) - G on 4th - E
(supposed to sound messy, kind of discordant)
I shouldn't feel
like I do, at this hour
sleep would be nice
but it's hard, when it's all
so dumb
and the thoughts just hammer
on my head like a nail
hang me up, on the wall
like a coat on a rack
in the dead of the night
made me jump
it looks just like a person!
doesn't it.
doesn't it!
oh doesn't it!
isn't it
or wasn't it?
...
half past 4
and i stare, into space
I'll write a song
'cus I don't, know what else
to do
and the thoughts just hammer
on my head like a nail
hang me up, on a wall
like a coat on a rack
in the dead of the night
made me jump
makes you feel at home
doesn't it?
oh doesn't it
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syd/sydney Ohio
singer, guitarist, furry,
wrote the theme for Dreamwork's film "THE BIG BUNGUS"
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