Brick Wall Views

E               B                  A
don't break too many hearts.
E              B                 
don't take too many arrows in the
   A
 chest.
C#                     E         
cry comfortably, let us all know 
     B                   C#
what you're thinking.
E                    B           
is there a gesture i could use to
     A
 clearly express
E           B                    
i'm at an utter loss for words?
   A

C#                 B           A
is there a part of you that's 
                          E
torn? that's larger than life?
E        B               C#
that'll hold on for one more night?

E                     B
i've got a speech to make.
E                     B
followed by a big parade.

E            A
northside. closed eyes.
C#       B            A
all charades go on forever.
E              A
hands tied with fools pride.
C#       B            A
in a slowly fleeing summer.

E            B                 A
just throw your hands up at the sky.
E          B             A
no use trying to explain this.
C#             B         
the clouds are mirrors. i'm 
        A
disguised.
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E            B              C#
i'm not all that entertaining.
E              B             A
the city looks the same
E             B              A
until you notice smaller changes.
C#          B             A
it still knows us all by name.
E              B
it holds us close to its heart
C#               B
it holds us close to its heart

A                      B
all my hopes are unaligned.
A                       B       A
this diagnosis is self-designed.

E            A
northside. dead eyes.
C#        B         A
all charades go on forever.
E               A
hands tied with fools pride.
C#       B           A
in a slowly fleeing summer.

E         B          C#         
empty rooms don't have pictures 
        A
to talk to.
E           B          C#       
brickwall views demand 
       A
uninspired afternoons.
E           B                 A
the days are flooding into months.
E           B            
the nights are staring into 
     C#
centuries.

A           B            E
i've got some older pictures
A           B           E       
of people i see once every 
    C#
couple years.
A               B
intrigued or unamazed.
E            C#                 
"you were so much different back
B             A
 in those days."

E             B              
and now this smile has a bitter 
     C#
curve.
E         B                A
now these eyes are unenchanted.
E               B              
and all we see is a faded image
C#                E
 of what we used to be.
E       B         A
how can we relate

E          B               C#   
when we don't know a thing about
                  A
 each other anymore?
E          B               C#   
when we don't know a thing about
                  A
 each other anymore?
E          B               C#   
when we don't know a thing about
                  A
 each other anymore?
E          B               
when we don't know each other 
C#                     A
anymore?

E          B               C#   
is there a gesture i could use 
                  B
to clearly express
A            B                E
i'm at an utter loss for words.