But I've found a restig place

BUT I’VE FOUND A RESTING PLACE (E A D F# B E)

 

The fish swims.

The bird flies.

The tree grows.

The wind blows.

The flower opens.

The frog croaks.

 

The moon glows.

The sun burns.

The star shines.

The ocean rises.

The ocean falls.

The wave breaks.

 

I don’t know what to do.

I don’t know.

 

The leaf falls.

The branch snaps.

The shark attacks.

The heart beats.

The shadow crawls.

The fire roars.

 

The rain pours.

The wheel turns.

The kitten licks.

The skin splits.

The wound heals.

The road unravels.

 

I don’t know what to do.

I don’t know.

 

The evening cries. The morning fades.

The door slams. The glass shatters.

 

I don’t know what to do.

I don’t know what to do.

I don’t know.

When the wind came

WHEN THE WIND CAME (E A D F# B E)

 

We shook like trees when the wind came.

We dropped our leaves and held each other when the wind came.

 

We swam like fish when the rain fell.

We flew like birds when the sun rose.

We shook like trees when the wind came.

When the wind came.

How strange

HOW STRANGE (E A D G B E)

 

How strange to obey. To close the beak and begin again.

How strange to be late. Shot down like an enemy of the state.

And it’s good to feel bad sometimes.

 

How queer to be here. In formlessness and foolishness.

I’ll steer, my dear. Through blinding lights of angels and semitrailers.

It’s good to feel bad sometimes.

 

How interesting to be intersecting with the unbegun and the coming undone.

How interesting; is the infinite relenting? Saw a hole in the sky where the light was bending.

It’s good to feel bad sometimes. It’s good to feel bad sometimes.

Sometimes.

I want to walk home

I WANT TO WALK HOME (D G D G B E)

 

I want to hear birds. I want to feel rain. I want to put my cheek to the sun and know its pain. I want to run away. I want to walk home.

I want to dig holes. I want to climb trees. I want to shake hands with every single bee. I want to sleep. I want to watch the sun rise.

 

Waves are always breaking. Let’s put them back together.

My hand on your heart. Let’s call it forever.

 

I want to return. I want to let go. I want to fly. I want to walk home. I want to walk home. I want to walk home. I want to walk home. I want to walk home.

 

I want to walk home I want to walk home.

In the darkness

IN THE DARKNESS (E A D G B E)

 

To stand in the dark and see light you must stand and see only darkness.

To be warm enough in the middle of the night you must go out and shiver in the coldness.

 

To look in the eye and see the calm you must have fought for your life in the storm.

To stand in the dark and see light you must have lived in that place in the darkness.

In the darkness. In the darkness.

This song is about you but I didn't write it

THIS SONG IS ABOUT YOU BUT I DIDN’T WRITE IT (D A D G B E)

 

Sorry if you can’t read my writing. The heart is a blade and it strikes like lightning. The sky is black and it can be frightening.

Sometimes the sun grows like a tumour. I wanted to come but I should’ve left sooner. I thought it was true, it was only a rumour.

We miss the same thing. But we’re chasing something different. We’re getting further from the centre. I thought we’d find it together.

 

Sorry if you thought it would feel good. Sorry if you think it always has to. Sorry if you are disappointed.

Sometimes the morning just gets disjointed. Even if no one meant it. Sorry if you are offended.

We are the same thing. Just different reflections in the same swimming pool.

 

Sometimes the morning just gets disjointed. Even when no one meant it.

 

It doesn’t always have to feel good. And it won’t.

Don’t hire a car when you’re trapped on an island and you need a boat.

 

I’m sorry if you can’t read my writing. I guess you’ll just have to hear my voice. Sorry you had to hear this song. Sorry I had to write it.

Sorry you have to hear this song but I didn’t write it.

I didn’t write it. I didn’t write it.

Sometimes the sky turns black

SOMETIMES THE SKY TURNS BLACK (D A D G B E)

 

Think I’ll pack a raincoat next time I come round. It pours in through your ears and comes back out through your mouth.

Think I’ll make an effort not to do nothing more. You throw it out the window and it just comes back through the door.

Through the door. Through the door. Through the door.

 

I’m trying to remember what I always forget. I’m hiding undercover but I always end up wet.

I’m trying to be clever but it’s just so hard. I’m trying to be here but it’s always just too far.

Too far. Too far. Too far.

 

Maybe we could hold on and drift out to sea. We wouldn’t take anything but still have what we need.

Maybe we could let go and watch the world come back. When the sun comes up sometimes the sky turns black.

Turns black. Turns black.

Navy blue

NAVY BLUE (E A D G B E, capo 2)

 

Why is it so hard to do nothing when I need to? Sleeping under stars because I need to speak to you. Flickers in the dark and the lights just turn off and on.

Tonight feels like a swimming pool. I want to lie down on the grass under the stars with you and watch the sky turn navy blue.

 

Why is it so wrong to be stuck here on the right side? When it’s time to run I hope they forget what I look like. When the morning comes, if it ever does at all.

And I’ll make up a plate for you. I’ve been hiding from myself. I’ve been trying to help. But there’s nothing else I want to do.

 

Cold from the tap. Hot in the sun. Swimming in the moon. Hanging from the stars. Cold in your hands but warm in my heart.

And there’s nothing else I want to do. Except lie down on the grass under the stars with you. And watch the sky turn navy blue.

Sun after rain

SUN AFTER RAIN (E A D G B E)

The burrow

THE BURROW (E A D G B E)

 

Woke up again this morning. You’ve heard this song before. I left myself a note but I can’t read it now.

Cold from the tap, it’s pouring. Hot in the awkward sun. Green in the sky, it’s talking to us.

 

The burrow is warm. The burrow is deep. The burrow is empty.

 

Blue in the grass, I taste it. It smells like coming home. It feels like I am shrinking. If only I could.

If I could crawl inside you, you know I would. If only I could wake up.

Lost in water

LOST IN WATER (E A D G B E)

 

Lost in water. I’m getting warmer. We’re rushing home just to rest.

To the slaughter. Why even bother? The start is tethered to the end.

I’ll be back and (yea) you will too. I will learn to swim. I will chew my food.

I will read the news with my goggles on. I will still be here when the world is gone.

 

Waiting for the right time might be taking us the whole night. Might be breaking through the sunrise.  And I will.

Because I’m lost in awe of. I’m trapped in the jaws of. I’ve been snapped and torn off. Again.

 

I’ll come back with my friends in tow. And no one will know what we’ve seen or done.

What we’ve counted on. What we’ve left behind. Where we killed ourselves and came back to life.

Because I’m lost in water. I must be getting warmer.

I don't know what I'm waiting for

I DON’T KNOW WHAT I’M WAITING FOR (E A D G B E)

 

Look at this garden. So green.

I cannot touch it. I’m scared I will kill it.

How can I grow like you do? Butterfly, how did you know when you were ready?

I’m still waiting.

 

Look at me. Am I disappearing? I can’t feel your hands but mine feel like they might kill me.

Garden hose. Pretty rose. Itchy nose.

Did you know? Were you told? When you got old.

I’m still waiting. I don’t know what for.

 

The good guys are bad. The bad guys are worse.

I want to sit in the sun and come undone until nothing hurts.

 

I don’t know what I’m waiting for.

I don’t know what I’m waiting for.

If I was wrong / let myself down

IF I WAS WRONG / LET MYSELF DOWN (D A D G B E)

 

If I was wrong I apologise. And if I was not I’m still sorry.

But for the sake of this song let’s say I was. Could it be a chance to get it right?

 

//

 

Who left the light on? My heart is so torn. Just trying not freak myself out.

Who left that book there? I’m grasping thin air. Just trying not to let myself down.

 

My heart is so torn. Who left that light on? Just trying not to let myself down.

I’m grasping thin air. Who left that book there? Just trying not to let myself down.

Red and warm

RED AND WARM (D A D G B E, capo 6)

 

When sadness came I was alone. I hid my face.

But sadness saw the things I felt. The way I was.

And the world was soft and easy for a while.

The stars came down just close enough. A blanket to keep warm enough.

 

The future dulled. A darkness held. Hard edges gone.

I held my hands. I kicked my feet. I bit my tongue.

And the world is nowhere to be seen tonight.

Dark and red and warm and safe. Sadness built a happy place.

And when she left she almost broke my heart.

Sure and broke and shuddering. Clearly spoken, stuttering.

The final chapter written in the start.

The final chapter written in the stars.

I said I would

I SAID I WOULD (D A D G B E, capo 6)

 

For a moment I felt it. I said I would and I meant it.

The sun came out for a moment. My eyes were closed but I felt it.

 

Can you carry the morning on your back? Will you cry as the sky is turning black?

Can you hang on to every single star? Will you fall just to say you tried?

Will you fall just save your pride?

 

Waking up just so you can check the time. On your feet like a pilgrim to a shrine.

Looking up just to see where is the sun. Travelling to hear the music where it’s sung.

 

For a moment I felt it. I said I would and I meant it.

The sun came out for a moment. My eyes were closed but I felt it.

My eyes were closed but I felt it.

Three birds

THREE BIRDS (D A D G B E, capo 2)

 

Take me when my work is done. Until then leave me in the sun. Fill me up, drown my lungs. The battle is already won.

Take a break while I press on. I’ll return before I’m gone. Lie on your back and act like lawn.

And I heard three birds in the morning. Green and red. Red and blue. They were calling.

 

Cut the thread, I’m ready now. The world returns as I fall down. Feel the thud and hear the sound. Don’t tell me just show me how.

Until my reflection fades. Until my body melts away. Like ice cream on a summer’s day.

And three cars rolled past my window. One was red. One was blue. One was yellow.

 

Empty handed, chopping something down. Bare foot over broken ground. When I looked up, a rainbow glowing in the night. I saw three birds flying through an empty sky.

And three stars. Three eggs. Three teeth and three legs.

Three sharks. I heard three cars and three birds.

Three cars and three birds.

I forgot to ask

I FORGOT TO ASK (D A D G B E)

 

Through your window. Blue, it takes you. Do you realize??? Now I do.

Now will never make you better. Now I’ll take you through the night.

So let’s go. Before the grass grows. And the flowers talk us out of it. Let’s take the sky and spread it out a bit.

And it will never be enough. All this shit and all this stuff.

I only see what I know. I only know what I see. And I forgot to ask­­—

But let’s go. While the moon glows. And the path is still unravelling. Find you heart and give it back to me.

Before your mind catches up and suddenly we’re chasing our tails.

And it will never be enough. No matter how much I’ve got to say. And I forgot ask. I forgot to ask.

I forgot to ask.

Fuck superheroes

FUCK SUPERHEROES (E A D G B E)

 

When we looked at each other we couldn’t stop laughing. The clerk was disgruntled but I was just asking the time. And he told us to leave at once, before I could pay for our lunch.

So we ran down the street with our stolen goods. And we didn’t feel bad because we’d done what we could. And we must have looked bizarre as we weaved through cars. The clerk tried to catch us but we were too fast.

When we got to the park I knew we were safe. We sat down in the grass and we greedily ate. We were far from the start but it felt like beginning. We were playing a game and I knew we were winning.

You were chewing your food when a thought crossed your mind. You had a smirk on your face and a glimmer in your eye when you said: Fuck superheroes.

You said Fuck superheroes.

Fuck superheroes. Superheroes.

Better than I left

BETTER THAN I LEFT (D G D F# B E)

 

Arms flailing. Wind in my face. I might be wrong but it’s not a mistake.

Mud on my feet. Slipping uphill. The ocean is rough but my mind is still. My mind is still.

And I might be crazy. I might be a mess. But I always come back better than I left.

 

Eyes closed. Listening in. I’m holding my breath. I’m learning to swim.

Undone. Under the sky. I am right here. It doesn’t matter why. It doesn’t matter why.

Because I might be blown away. I might get swept. But I always come back better than I left.

 

I’ve got an idea. I’ve got a plan. Let’s cross our legs and sit in the sand.

Day after day. Night after night. How will you know? What will it feel like?

Because I might be naked. I might be well dressed. I might be kicked out like an unwelcome guest.

I might be manic. I might be depressed. But I always come back better than I left. I always come back better than I left.

Better than I left.

Sometimes I remember my dreams

SOMETIMES I REMEMBER MY DREAMS (E A D G B E, capo 2)

 

Sometimes I remember my dreams. Sometimes they remember me.

Sometimes the light is so bright I can’t see a thing.

Sometimes I lie there all night and wonder where I’m meant to me.

Sometimes I remember my dreams. Sometimes they remember me.

 

Sometimes I soar through the clouds. Sometimes I’m stuck in the dirt.

Sometimes I’m invincible. Sometimes everything hurts.

Sometimes I’ve got so much time. Sometimes there’s never enough.

Sometimes I say: I’m good, thanks. Sometimes it’s only a bluff.

 

Sometimes I open my mouth just to hear somebody scream.

 

Sometimes I remember my dreams. Sometimes they bolt like lightning.

Sometimes the world feels so safe. Sometimes just the thought is frightening.

Sometimes the evening just fades. Sometimes the night recedes.

Sometimes I remember my dreams. Sometimes they remember me.

Sometimes they remember me. Sometimes they remember me.

An empty flower vase

AN EMPTY FLOWER VASE (E A D G B E)

 

I didn’t mean to make it hard. And anyway, an empty flower vase is just a jar.

Maybe it’s better like that.

If you don’t someone else will. You’re only stuck because you want to be. Or afraid not to be.

If it doesn’t rain today it will tomorrow.

No one ever meant to make it hard. Who would’ve thought we’d make it this far?

It’s just me and my guitar. An empty flower vase is just a jar.