Mind chords by Sleeping At Last

Intro:
Dm F C G

Verse 1:

Dm           F        C G
First, the ground rules get established

  Dm        F     C G
Memory is historically inaccurate

   Dm     F     C
But repetition, repetition sings

   G           Dm   F      C   G
Till finally the melody is sacred, rooted, unchanged

Verse 2:

 Dm        F      C G
Patterns form and feel important

   Dm         F       C G
The starting lines of a living blueprint

     Dm     F        C
All this information in formation is key

  G          Dm       F      C  G
To draw a distinction between waking life and our dreams

   Dm
Our dreams

Verse 3:

  Dm       F       C G
It overwhelms the nervous system

       Dm        F     C G
This fearful constant state of comparison

  Dm        F        C
In our grey matter, all grey matters

   G            Dm
An embarrassment of riches in our heads

  F       C        G
We gravitate to black or white instead

Verse 4:

  Dm        F
We were designed to send mixed signals

C           G
One image made up of different pixels

Dm        F      C G
All subject to interpretation

   Dm       F        C
Till binary systems, binary systems run

     G           Dm    F    C  G
And the vibrancy of everything becomes zeros and ones


Dm        Am      C G
Patterns form and feel important

     Dm           Am     C G
It'??s the first brush stroke of a self-portrait