Tom: Am
Am
It's hard to maintain
G C F
A simple thought through the day
F Am
Every voice its own planet
G F
And my mind tends to gravitate
Am G C F
I am pushed I am pulled into every which way
Am G
Oh life is the great
C
Is the great
F
Is the greatest
Am x8
Strain
[Verse 2]
Am
I was sleeping fitfully
G C F
Troubled by a disjointed dream
F Am
One in which my past was a house
G F
All my failures were books to read
F Am Am
I awoke to my cellphone convulsing
G C F
Your name across the crystal screen
Am G
Oh life does the strange
C
Does the strange
F Am x8
Does the strangest things
[Verse 3]
Am
You were sounding okay
G C F
Mistaken for the clinically insane
F Am
Saying a man down in Texas
G F
Was just waiting to communicate
Am Am G
That I ought to open my mind to his wisdom
C F
And let it radiate
Am G
Oh let it wash over me
C
Let it sing
F
Let it say
[Bridge]
C F Am
Give yourself a million years to just wake up in the morning
Dm G
And give yourself a million more then if you're still tired
Am
There is nothing
G
There is nothing
C F
There is nothing but time
Dm
We are not sick you and I
G7
Don't you listen to lies
[Instrumental]
Am | Am | G | C | F | F | F | C | G | Am x8
[Verse 4]
Am
It's hard to explain
G C F
But all the forms are contained
F Am G
When you scratch out the faces and names
F
In your memory
Am Am
Close your eyes against the light
G C F
Still the pattern remains
Am G
It remains in its place
C F
Like an obstinate stain
G7 Am
Gestalt of original pain
