Key: D major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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There are tiers, as in levels, to reality
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On the industrial corner of North
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17th Street & Wythe
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Two black public high school kids watch
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Bm
a Nordic model get photographed
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To them, she is lunar,
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F#m
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impossible, alien life
So, as a comet might relate
to a traffic- stopped taxicab
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Or a Bahamas vacation
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to a stint in Guantanamo Bay
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G
So, as access & privilege relate to their
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Bm
absolute opposites
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That's the way that these kid
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A
s & this woman will always relate
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Verse 2
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And it's nobody's fault
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Yeah, no one's to blame
Em
We all work through the dark
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We all carry the weight
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Slender shoulders & blindfolds
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Bm
Spinning in cycles
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F#m
Bm
A
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Now, now, now: navigate!
Verse 3
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There are tiers, as in layers,
to an experience
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Through each lens & metric,
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the image warps every day
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G
I'm either successful, independent,
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& largely uncompromised
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Or a non- starter, nev er- was,
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A
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has- been since 2008
Verse 4
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And it's nobody's fault
Yeah, no one's to blame
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Em
We all work through the dark
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We all carry the weight
G
D
Slender shoulders & blindfolds
F#
F#m
Bm
Spinning in cycles
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F#m
Bm
A
G
Now, now, now: navigate!
Interlude 1
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Bm
F#m
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D
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G
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Bm
F#m
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D
A
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Verse 5
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There are tears, as in waterworks,
and they're threatening
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To spoil the negotiated sweetness
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of my afternoon
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I can't answer anything honestly
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Bm
without an asterisk
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Airquotes and doublespeak litter
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the fountain of youth
Verse 6
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And if it's nobody's fault
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Then I'm not to blame
Em
I just work in the dark
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A
I just carry the weight
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D
Slender shoulders & blindfolds
F#
Bm
Stranded in cycles
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F#m
Bm
A
Now, now, now: navigate!
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD G A Bm F#m...
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G
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Bm
F#m
Em
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