D F C D I have this new tattoo of which the story must be toldD F C D About the night I almost overdosed ten years agoD F C D I woke up in the hospital with skin clammy and coldD F C D And tubes in my urethra, down my throat, and up my noseD F C D My friends and the doctors were all shocked I wasn’t deadD F C D That’s when Katrina looked at me and this is what she said [Chorus]D F C D Walk like thunderD F C D Walk like thunderD F C D Walk like thunderD F C D Walk like thunder [Verse]D F C D So I walked to the rebel spot, I walked all over uptownD F C D I walked right side up and I walked upside downD F C D I walked to Chetzemoka with my eyes fixed on the ground yeahD F C D We walked all over Chetze Beach and kept the rocks we found [Verse]D F C D Then I walked back to my parents’ house, I walked back to my old bed yeahD F C D I walked back and I walked fast past all the voices in my headD F C D I walked with the sweats and I walked with the chillsD F C D I walked in New York City and I walked in Bedford Hills [Verse]D F C D I walked into open mic nights and I walked into the roomsD F C D I walked feeling optimistic and I walked feeling doomedD F C D I walked with some mama’s boys and I walked with some punksD F C D I walked dressed up like a rabbit, I walked dressed up like a skunk [Verse]D F C D I walked with some givers and I walked with some leechesD F C D I walked all by myself and I walked with the Moldy PeachesD F C D I walked all over the world so I could sing my songs to youD F C D And to your most desperate emails I said, “This is what I do.”[Chorus]D F C D I Walk like thunderD F C D Walk like thunderD F C D Walk like thunderD F C D Walk like thunder [Verse]D F C D But at some point I got so comfortableD F C D That I didn’t even realize that I’d started to crawlD F C D Then my old friend Ammi died at 37 of a heart attackD F C D And I cracked cause people my age are not supposed to die like thatD F C D No no no no people my age are not supposed to die like that [Verse]D F C D He was the old manager of the sidewalk caféD F C D That place was a second home to me, it’s where I learned to playD F C D And his personality really helped create a spaceD F C D Where a bunch of honest misfits could all gather and feel safe [Verse]D F C D He was a cynic, a supporter, he was crazy, he was queerD F C D He’d either yell out, “Cut the bullshit” or he’d say, “I’m glad you’re here.”D F C D And it was always such an honour to have Ammi on my sideD F C D That’s why it hit me like a Mack truck when I found out that he diedD F C D Yeah, it hit me like a Mack truck when I found that he died [Verse]D F C D Then enter Alex, 33 years old and so sick with the cancerD F C D And trapped inside a body that betrayed his real genderD F C D We all hoped and prayed that he would go into remissionD F C D At least long enough, just long enough to complete his transitionD F C D He said, “Kimya, did you know Eleventeen’s my favourite song?”D F C D I said, “Then get your ass on stage right now and you can sing along.” [Verse]D F C D That’s the very first song I ever wrote all by myselfD F C D It’s about angels and recovery and friends and hope and healthD F C D By the time we finished singing he was pissed off, he was scaredD F C D He said, “I lost my home, my lover, my insurance, and my hair.D F C D And now I’m about to lose you too, my new friend.”D F C D I looked into those big blue eyes and said we’ll meet againD F C D Yeah I looked into his sad blue eyes and said we’ll meet again [Verse]D F C D Then I got the phone call from Alyssa and she told me he was dyingD F C D By the time I got to his bedside we were both already flyingD F C D We held hands and we sang songs, tried to be strong floated aroundD F C D While I cursed the skin that he was in for all the ways it had let him downD F C D Yeah I cursed the skin that he was in for all the ways it had let him down [Verse]D F C D But at the same time I was taking my own body for grantedD F C D First I lost sight of my feet then they became unplantedD F C D And I never felt so stupid or so selfish or so sad yeahD F C D My body had been good to me and I treated it so bad yeahD F C D My body had been good to me and I treated it so bad [Verse]D F C D Then he said, “Mama, I don’t want my friends to watch me die.”D F C D So I kissed his cheek, made him a shirt, and then I said goodbyeD F C D And they cremated him in the shirt that I drewD F C D Of the two of us that said they’re flying over you tooD F C D Now the silver pink ponies have my homie in their crewD F C D So I tightened up my laces and knew what I had to do [Outro]D F C D I started walking againD F C D I started walking again, I miss my friendsD F C D I started walking againD F C D I started walking again, I miss my friendsD F C D Walk like thunder
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