Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
Intro:
DmDm 
A minorAm 
Fmaj7Fmaj7 
C majorC G+G x4
Verse 1:
DmDm A minorAm
I have nightmares where I'm running from something
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC G+G
And I'll wake up just as it's about to grab onto my sleeve
DmDm A minorAm
Or a knife is falling towards me, or all that I can I see
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC G+G
Are gruesome gaping jaws lined tight with sharp and hungry teeth
DmDm A minorAm
And I'll wake up in a coldsweat, oh I'll wake up with a scream
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC G+G
In a room that's dark and calm and I will know it's just a dream
DmDm A minorAm
But my heart's still beating faster and my feet are still twitching
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC G+G
And it seems like all day long I am still running in my sleep
Chorus 1:
Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G
Maybe that is part of why I always run away
A minorAm G+G
It's like I get scared for my life when I think "maybe I should stay"
Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G
It's not that I can never tell reality from fiction
A minorAm G+G G+G
It's just sometimes they feel the same I don't know how else to explain
Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G
I'm still sleeping when I wake up from a vivid dream
A minorAm G+G
And sometimes the past and future feel like they're one in the same
Break:
DmDm A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC G+G x4
Verse 2:
DmDm A minorAm
Lately I've had better dreams, the kind of ones that seem
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC G+G
To remind me of my life, like I'll be waiting on a train
DmDm A minorAm
Or I'll ride one through the mountains, just you our friends and me
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC G+G
And sometimes my brother's there and I always feel so free
DmDm A minorAm
But I still wake with the feeling that I'm waiting or I'm riding
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC G+G
And it gets a little sad if I feel stuck in carolina
DmDm A minorAm
Or tennessee or florida, or in one of my poems
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC G+G
Some days I feel stuck and other days I feel at home
Chorus 2:
Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G
I feel like my life lately's been one long, drawn out transition
A minorAm G+G
Like my brain's on a crew change or interlude of mass proportions
Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G
And it hasn't been so scary, no, it never gets so bad
A minorAm G+G
It just mostly gets confusing when you're used to moving fast
Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G
You spin so many compasses, you spin so many bottles
A minorAm G+G
When you get to sitting still, you feel you're spinning something awful
Break:
DmDm A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC G+G x4
Verse 3:
DmDm A minorAm
I feel like I am living my entire life at once
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC G+G
And I hope that it's the case that I'm not the only one
DmDm A minorAm
But I think time passes substantially differently for me
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC G+G
Like I'm lost in its dilations or a sea of memories
DmDm A minorAm
The waves crash in my head and I'll ride them with my friends
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC G+G
TIl I snap back to reality and wonder where they went
Chorus 3:
Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G
And when I love, I love just like I drink or like I smoke
A minorAm G+G
Way too much and way too many, and unapologetically
Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G
Compulsively and loudly, and with everything I've got
A minorAm G+G
And sometimes I wanna quit, but I just can't seem to stop
Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G
Whether it's a nightmare or the sweetest lucid dream
A minorAm G+G
I'm all in, take all my chips, fuck it, I'll bet everything
Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G
I'll come out ahead if I lose or if I win
A minorAm G+G
Let the dealer take it all, I'll come and try my luck again
Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G
It's such a strange sensation to feel like you're somewhere else
A minorAm
When your nose and ears and brain and eyes
G+G
Are all telling you otherwise
Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G
Guess my heart's got habits of ignoring all of them
A minorAm G+G
Yeah, I am where it is, I might be crazy but that's it
Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G
I'm still back in san francisco, I'm still sleeping in your bed
A minorAm G+G
And everyone I've ever loved is still asleep inside my head
Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G
I'm still out by the highway, collecting bleach-white bones
A minorAm G+G
And I've never felt more homeless in this home that's not my own
