Verse: E B A E
Chorus: A Am E // B A E
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sit still, don't breathe
this is how you leave, you have been deceived
nostrils flare, scared eyes
you can't event cry, you are paralyzed
 
the fleeting fox, the hunting hound
chase each other around
was it real, or just pretend?
tell me this isn't all there is to being a friend
 
deceased, you feast
tell me how i taste at least
pursed lips, time drips
what a winning waste of a losing grip
 
detect, report
truth and lies distort, where's my life support
refuge, refugee
this is how you flee - showing no mercy 

Capo 4 shapes:
Verse: Em C Em (end on D)
Chorus: Em D A
Bridge: C G C G // (but I'm a) Em C D // (heads and birds) C D A Em (end on D)

father hear my pleas, don’t make me scrape my knees
even diogenes, he agrees with me
a syndrome of self neglect is the sin of intellect
holding lanterns to the light is no necessity
 
what good is a god with the head of a falcon
that lives on the body of man?
what sense is the strength of a thoroughbred stallion
running like a scared mare every chance that it can?
what comfort lies in millions of lives
if they’re over before they began?
sometimes it shapes me, sometimes it escapes me
the good of a god in the body of man
 
father hear my cries, i’m not buying alibis
your books so wise disguise the valleys for the peaks
if all your world’s a page you’ll never take the stage
baby steps assuage the magnitude of quantum leaps
 
heaven knows i’m also froze and apples don’t fall far
trust me, any day’s a good day in the shade of where you are
but i’m a prudent teacher’s student and I'm just trying to understand
heads and birds, actions and words
and the good of a god in the body of man

Capo 1 shapes:
Verse: C Dm Em F G // F Em F G C
Chorus: Am Em F G // C Dm Em F G C

my thumb is one indecisive prick
don’t show him your swatches cause he’ll never pick
he’s got all these rules and sticks out when he’s sore
but he cradles the neck of his taylor guitar
he likes the road and the road likes him too
but he’s always hitching the first ride back to you
 
index is on deck, he directs and selects
he’s got brilliant ideas for what should come next
the grandiose one in the air for the win
blessed with hearing the soul and steering the pen
like god to adam in michaelangelo’s hue
he’s making a point to create a life with you
 
i always done what i could with the hand i was dealt
i raised it and shook it, wrote down what I felt
never won with a straight, just a face here and there
kept hoping for two of a kind for a pair
i’m down on one knee so you know where i stand
would have folded by now if it weren’t for your hand
 
the third’s like a bird, so careless and wild
a chip on her shoulder, the mad middle child
she’s mastered the art of the cold hard goodbye
when she turns her back proud with her head held up high
but index the peacemaker always steps in
if you ever see her, my love, you’ll also see him
 
the ring finger’s all heart, she’s made it her mission
to cry at commercials and value tradition
she won’t claim religion but her finger’s right on it
her prayers take the shape of rumi’s love sonnets
she’ll stand in a crowd and happily swear
to wear any ring you place there
 
last but not least, small but not weak
everyone stops to hear him when he speaks
his reach may surprise you, for it’s far and long
he’s got a tiny physique but he’s character-strong
not a word out of place, not a letter untrue
he’s pinky promising all his love to you

​my love, once a chameleon green
changed shapes, fought hard not to be seen
shrank into a shallow shamrock dream
seeking out a four leaf clover
 
my love, once a jazzy blue
learned songs and scales it never knew
it sought the sky but stuck like glue
to an uncertain ocean lover
 
i've taken to the color wheel
to repaint the walls of how i feel
my canvas is a heart that needs to heal
but aren't all works in progress works of art still
 
my love, now a honey gold
smacks of sweetness somehow subtly bold
rises sunny to thaw out the cold
setting with a gentle hover
 
my love, now a crimson red
bleeds deeper than it's ever bled
as plump as kissed lips, freshly wed
fills to the top and spills right over

summer turned to fall before we knew it
since the day i got the call
we’ve been fighting through it
though i am in need of sleep and peace of mind
you are the beat i keep
my rhythm, my rhyme
 
my time is your time
my wind is you chime
 
a smile hits your face and it warms me up like sun
i’m thankful for this place when i think of how far we’ve come
sometimes it takes some time
sometimes it takes a fall
to realize we’ll be fine
if we have each other, we have it all

Verse: D E // Bm A G
Chorus: D A G

​you were close enough to pick my pocket
but you just took my ticker
you ripped beating thing right from its socket
leaving only my breath to grow much quicker
 
i sprung forward into love
you didn’t want to set your clock and fall back
there’s nothing much either of us
can do about that
 
but you were close enough to make me sing
you were close enough to leave a scar
you were close enough but that don’t mean anything
cause close enough was still way too far
 
you were close enough to tell my secret
there was trust enough so i didn’t hide
you were close enough i knew you would keep it
so now where do i turn, with whom can i confide?

sometimes i like my love so fast and furious
i think if i blink it might pass me by
but sometimes i turn it down
take in your scents and sounds
take a deep breath and look around
in case it’s the last time
 
slow going, not knowing if this time will be the last
so don’t go so fast, don’t go
slow going, not knowing if this time will be the last
so don’t go so fast
 
sometimes i miss the chance
to find the true romance
in a stolen kiss or glance,
they just pass me by
but sometimes i realize this
see the moment for what it is
take time to blow another kiss
in case it’s the last time
 
i know it gets so hard sometimes
to smell the roses the vine
i know it gets hard to say i love you
with the whole weight of the world right above
i know that time just seems to fly
don’t let the moment pass you by