Tom: D
D
In the back of a cab
Like a puppet with no strings
A
Untangling my headphones cos sometimes they’re the only thing
Bm
That keeps my head in place
D
That keeps my head in place
[Verse 1: Joey Batey]
D
Arriving at the door
I hope to god I’m not the first
A
My heart is tearing pages from that funny story I rehearsed
Bm
And I know I won’t be long
D
Cos I know I don’t belong
[Verse 2: Madeleine Hyland]
D
Cos though my jokes are my armour
And my kindness is my sword
A
The party swirls around me in a dress I can’t afford
Bm
And I do my best to breathe
D
But they’re stealing all the air
[Verse 4: Joey Batey]
D
And the hum from the fridge’ll
Sing me soft littlе vigils
A
As all my steps too far keep telling me ‘this is who you are’
Bm
I should go home
G
I’m not lonеly I just like being on my own
[Chorus: Both]
Bm
And I’ll sing silence
A
And ask my glass of wine for guidance
G A
I might not make it tonight
Bm
And I’ll speak with my eyes
A
You’ll think I’m weird, one sympathises
G A
I might not make it tonight
[Post-Chorus: Both]
Bm A G A
Because I don’t find this easy like you
Bm A
Gonna go home and show my cat some memes
G
Cos he’s awesome
A
Like me
Bm
Like me
A D G A
[Verse 5]
[Joey Batey]
D
Now I’m lying on a bed full of coats
A
Trying desperately to cope
When you open up the door, say something stupid like
[Both]
Bm
‘You’re lying on some coats’
[Joey Batey]
I say I know
G
It’s just sometimes nice to feel what it’s like to be in someone else’s coat
[Bridge]
[Both]
D
And we’re bursting at the seams
[Joey Batey]
Cos the noise is crushing us
A
We think it’s so much worse than it seems
[Both]
But that voice unsaid is rushing us
[Joey Batey]
Bm
And in a moment of total rapture
And with every strength I have
G
I ask if you play D&D
And your face lights up like you’ve woken up
Bm
From this endless fucking nightmare of pretending this is you
A
This is us, this is me and this how we’re meant to be
G
But your smile tells me I’m safe
[Both]
And that voice unspoken’s heard
A
Cos if god make us all in his image
Then god’s a fucking nerd
[Chorus: Both]
Bm
And I’ll sing silence
A
And ask my glass of wine for guidance
G A
I might not make it tonight
Bm
And I’ll speak with my eyes
A
You think I’m neat, I’m not surprised
G A
That I might not make it tonight
[Post-Chorus: Both]
Bm A G A
Because I don’t find this easy like you
Bm A
Gonna go home and dress my cat up like Batman
G A
Cos he’s awesome like me
[Madeleine Hyland]
Bm A G A
And I don’t find this easy like you
Bm
I’m not lonely
A G
I just like being on my own
A
With you
[Joey Batey]
Bm A
And I’ll sing silence and ask my glass of wine for guidance
G A
I might not make it tonight
Bm A G
Gonna go home and tell my cat I’m not lonely if I’m
A
With you
[Outro]
[Both]
D
In the back of a cab, like two puppets with no strings
A
We share a pair of headphones, cos sometimes they’re the only things
[Madeleine Hyland]
Bm
That keep our heads in place
D
That keep our heads in place
