The Thing About Things

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I’ve loaned a lot of things 
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to a lot of friends Like records and
 dresses and books
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And a lot of the time I never see 
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them again
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And in a weird way I think that 
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that works
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Because the thing about things is 
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they start turn evil
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When you start to forget what 
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they’re for
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And so if you’re not sure what you
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 did with my sweater
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I’ll just have to love you a 
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little bit more

[Verse 2]
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I had a ring it belonged to my 
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grandfather He was a mason and gay
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And he was distant and bitter for 
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all of my childhood
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We never had much to say
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He wasn’t the type to give tokens
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 of affection So I stole ring when 
he died
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And then twenty years on when I 
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lost it at a bar
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I thought that’s fine I don't want 
him in my life
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Because the thing about things is 
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that they can start meaning things
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Nobody actually said
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And if he couldn’t make something 
Gsus2
mean something for me
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I had to make up what it meant

[Bridge]
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I can carry everything I need in
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 one collapsing suitcase
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I can carry everyone I love in 
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one phone application
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Built to maximize the facetime of
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 the friends I’m bent on making
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Actually I want to be alone
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To mourn the loss
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Of what it cost

[Verse 3]
     G                     Gsus2
I think it’s a poem and I think it 
keeps going
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And I’ve borrowed and loaned lots of
 things
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And 3 nights ago in the bar where I 
lost it
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the bartender gave me the ring
G                    Gsus2       
I lie in bed With my phone in my 
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hand Thinking what can I fix with 
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which app
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And I call my grandfather And he 
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doesn’t answer
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And I have to make peace with that
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 fact
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Because the thing about things Is 
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that they can start meaning
G                 C
nobody actually said
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And if you’re not allowed to love 
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people alive
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Then you learn how to love people 
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dead
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The thing about things is that 
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they can start meaning things 
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nobody actually said
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And if you’re not allowed To love
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 people alive
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Then you learn how to love people 
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dead