A (x02220@1)       C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)              DAn (xx0232@1)open window shows the starshine-well up there
A (x02220@1)           CG                 D (xx0232@1)         
I clear my throat to hear some sound
A (x02220@1)         C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)           DThink (xx0232@1)of falling out into the open air
A (x02220@1)         C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)    DBlue-black (xx0232@1)sky and cold familiar ground

A (x02220@1)          C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1) DSomething (xx0232@1)always pulls me back
A (x02220@1)          C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1) DSomething (xx0232@1)always pulls me back
A (x02220@1)          C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)   DSomething (xx0232@1)always seems to come along
A (x02220@1)      C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)    DDespite (xx0232@1)the, despite the

Em (022000@1)                CBlow (x32010@1)up dolls of superheroes
G (320003@1)                DSad (xx0232@1)sound bits in lives
Em (022000@1)                      CThese (x32010@1)crowded streets of empty faces
G (320003@1)             DLoneliness (xx0232@1)and lies
Em (022000@1)  G (320003@1)                 D (xx0232@1)      CI'm (x32010@1)waiting for some sympathetic smile
Em (022000@1)   G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)           CI'm (x32010@1)confident it's just another mile

A C G D....
Stay up thirty hours waiting for a sign

Stilted sunlight pulled through old venetian blind

Lost cause, a pregnant pause, a shiver when I wake

To persevere, it's wearing thin through all the noise I make