Brick Wall Views

E               B                  A
don't break too many hearts.
E              B                    A
don't take too many arrows in the chest.
C#                     E              B                   C#
cry comfortably, let us all know what you're thinking.
E                    B                A
is there a gesture i could use to clearly express
E           B                       A
i'm at an utter loss for words?
C#                 B           A                          E
is there a part of you that's torn? that's larger than life?
E        B               C#
that'll hold on for one more night?

E                     B
i've got a speech to make.
E                     B
followed by a big parade.

E            A
northside. closed eyes.
C#       B            A
all charades go on forever.
E              A
hands tied with fools pride.
C#       B            A
in a slowly fleeing summer.

E            B                 A
just throw your hands up at the sky.
E          B             A
no use trying to explain this.
C#             B                 A
the clouds are mirrors. i'm disguised.
E            B              C#
i'm not all that entertaining.
E              B             A
the city looks the same
E             B              A
until you notice smaller changes.
C#          B             A
it still knows us all by name.
E              B
it holds us close to its heart
C#               B
it holds us close to its heart

A                      B
all my hopes are unaligned.
A                       B       A
this diagnosis is self-designed.

E            A
northside. dead eyes.
C#        B         A
all charades go on forever.
E               A
hands tied with fools pride.
C#       B           A
in a slowly fleeing summer.

E         B          C#                 A
empty rooms don't have pictures to talk to.
E           B          C#              A
brickwall views demand uninspired afternoons.
E           B                 A
the days are flooding into months.
E           B                 C#
the nights are staring into centuries.

A           B            E
i've got some older pictures
A           B           E           C#
of people i see once every couple years.
A               B
intrigued or unamazed.
E            C#                 B             A
"you were so much different back in those days."

E             B                   C#
and now this smile has a bitter curve.
E         B                A
now these eyes are unenchanted.
E               B              C#                E
and all we see is a faded image of what we used to be.
E       B         A
how can we relate

E          B               C#                     A
when we don't know a thing about each other anymore?
E          B               C#                     A
when we don't know a thing about each other anymore?
E          B               C#                     A
when we don't know a thing about each other anymore?
E          B               C#                     A
when we don't know each other anymore?

E          B               C#                     B
is there a gesture i could use to clearly express
A            B                E
i'm at an utter loss for words.