Permanence

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[Verse 1]
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We sing our love songs in the dark

So no one has to hear the sparks
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We hold our seances by streetlamp light

In Queen's Park, when the moon's just right
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Tom says he can hear the colours
        C         Bm      Em             G      C
When he holds his eyes together real tight


[Chorus]
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I want permanence in the little things
        Bm        G               C
While I leak rust from my broken jeans
          Bm       G
I want to feel chaotic
    C         Bm        G
But calm enough to hold you in the morning


[Verse 2]
   C        Bm              Em
We look for patterns in the static
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Play hide and seek in your deathtrap of an attic
          C           Bm     Em
There's a door that leads to nothing
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Well, I'm sure that stands for something
      Bm       Em
But I hold my breath
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And pray when the summer ends
    Bm            Em    G
You still haven't found me


[Chorus]
       Bm    C           G                C
I want permanence in the little things
        Bm         G              C
While I leak rust from my broken jeans
          Bm       G
I want to feel chaotic (chaotic)
     C        Bm        G
But calm enough to hold you in the morning


[Bridge]
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I want it all and I want nothing
   C        Bm   Em       G
I wish this came with instructions
          C  C  Bm   Bm    Em         G
I'd press up up down down, left right left
         C       Bm      Em            G
Watch my beat-up vans become a private jet


[Verse 3]
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And we could fly out to Alaska
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I'll ride my bike till I reach the highlands
      C    Bm       Em  G
Bathe everything in kerosene
          C   Bm        Em            G
And sing "bye bye Miss American Pie"
               C          Bm
Pushed your Toyota to the motor
        Em       G       C
But the tank ran dry


[Chorus]
       Bm    C           G                  C
I want permanence in the little things
        Bm         G              C
While I leak rust from my broken jeans
          Bm       G
I want to feel chaotic (chaotic)
     C        Bm        G
But calm enough to hold you in the morning
       Bm    C           G
I want permanence in the little things (I want permanence)
        Bm         G              C
While I leak rust from my broken jeans
          Bm       G
I want to feel chaotic (chaotic)
    C         Bm        G
But calm enough to hold you in the morning