"The Sailor" at TVC Opera House
The Sailor:
Am7 D7/A Am7 D7/A
Am7
Obsession, compulsion
D7/A
A storm over ocean
Am7 D7/A
The undertow pulls me in
Am7
My brain is on fire
D7/A
I'm walking the wire
Am7 D7/A
I don’t know if i'll sink or swim
Am7
Locked in my bathroom
D7/A
I can't stand the pale blue
Am7 D7/A
A monster crawls out of my skin
Am7
It's so bright I can't see
D7/A
My mind got the best of me
Am7 D7/A
I'll never be free from my sin
Am7 D7
Color me radioactive
G Bdim/F C/E
Color me halfway dead
Am7 D7
I’m unstable, depressed, and distracted
G Bdim/F C/E
So go build my coffin with lead
Am7 D7
And maybe one day I’ll set off for the sea
G Bdim/F C/E Am7 D7
Take my tattered, old, broken-down heart with me
Am7 D7/A
Am7
My hands are still dirty
D7/A
I’ll scrub ‘till 9:30
Am7 D7/A
Close the doors, get the lights, then in bed
Am7
Just stare for a while
D7/A
The ceiling, the tile
Am7 D7/A
Can’t get myself out of my head
Am7 D7
Color me radioactive
G Bdim/F C/E
Color me halfway dead
Am7 D7
I’m unstable, depressed, and distracted
G Bdim/F C/E
So go build my coffin with lead
Am7 D7
And maybe one day I’ll set off for the sea
G Bdim/F C/E B7
Take my tattered, old, broken-down heart with me
Cmaj7
And maybe I’ve messed my whole life up
B7 Cmaj7
Maybe it’s all just my bad
B7 Cmaj7
And I’ll sit in my room with the lights out
B7 Cmaj7
Missing what I might have had
B7 Cmaj7
And it's hard not to feel like a prisoner
B7 Cmaj7
When the thoughts in my head aren't mine
B7 Cmaj7
But I don't want to see what will happen
B7 Cmaj7
If I don't check the locks one more time
G Bdim/F C/E Cm/G Csus2
Am7 D7
Color me radioactive
G Bdim/F C/E
Color me halfway dead
Am7 D7
I’m unstable, depressed, and distracted
G Bdim/F C/E
So go build my coffin with lead
Am7 D7
Where are the words when I need them
G Bdim/F C/E
Why can't I say what I mean
Am7 D7
Maybe one day I will leave them
G Bdim/F C/E Am7 D7
Set my tattered, old, broken-down heart free
Am7 D7/A
Am7
The ship started sinking
D7/A
The sailor is drinking
Am7 D7/A
But rum couldn't numb his brain
Am7
He misses tomorrow
D7/A
He's drowned in his sorrow
Am7 D7/A
And soon he'll be drowning again