Key: G major
Verse 1
F#
A#
D
F#
Be longing deep down
A#
F#
B
A#
inside is longing
Is longing
Is longing
Verse 2
F
E
cactus head to cactus head
F#
G#m
Stimulating laps flung wide,
D#m
C#m
G#
D#m
F#
A#
the distance well rounded
A#aug
F#
A working circle
C
F#
A#aug
Bm
B
A
G#
All of our ad ja cent points
F#
C
A#
D#m
D
equally distant from
The center
C#
Cdim
B
Verse 3
B
A#
Fulcrum self,
Bdim
B
A#
Bdim
B
A#
it's fruit and its pit so deep
E
C#m
D#m
The whole current of being rises
C#m
E
G#m
F#
D#m
C#
A#
through it
There between your crotch
Verse 4
and belly button
A#
C
D#m
C#m
Lonely river bot tom
C
F#
A#aug
Bm
A
E
Longing to be entertained
C#m
G#m
Stim ulating laps flung wide
D#m
C#m
Wait, wait
G#
D#m
C#
A#
Before you run cactus
Verse 5
F
A#
G#m
Just say, say
G#
C#m
G#
Please, with your deep dimension close
A#
F
Say which is worse, the longing to arrive there,
Am
G#
or the terror of approach?
C#m
A
G#
But maybe, someday, try
Mid- slosh through intermittent voids
C#m
F#
Try standing long enough to toe
E#
B
And dare an inward leap
C#m
E
Cupping your feet around that looming
C#m
E
orb below
C#m
A#
Verse 6
A#
C
D#m
C#m
F#
Caug
Glowing with the shape of real
F#
A#aug
Bm
A
things standed
A#dim
G#
F#
C
Ddim
G#
Other murky stones enlighten too,
D
C#
F#
Cdim
F#
B
to guide you
(No, we can't say home)
D#m
A#
Bdim
For deep down there is no promise,
B
Bb
only longing but deep down the
Bdim
B
A#
A#aug
Bm
Longing promises to be your own
Verse 7
Adim
E#
deep down in side
A#
D#
If longing
A#
Gm
A#
If longing
B
A#
If longing
B
A#
F#
B
Is to be
Bm
G
D
Bm
D
Ab
F
Longing deep down in side
Bb
Eb
Gm
Is fucking hard
Bb
B
It's fucking hard
Bb
B
It's fucking hard
A#
F#
B
Bm
G
F#m
To be longing
Bm
D
Adim
F
Deep down in side
Bb
Eb
Gm
Is longing
B
Bb
Is longing
B
A#
A#dim
B
Bm
Is to be
G
D
Bm
D
Adim
F
Longing deep down in side is
Bb
Eb
Gm
Fucking hard
Bb
B
It's fucking hard
Bb
B
It's fucking hard
A#
A#dim
E
G#m
E
Bsus4
B
C#m
To be
F#m
F
It is fucking hard to
B
Bsus4
C#m
be long ing
F#m
F
And at the same time feel your own
Cdim
B
Bsus4
C#m
be long ing
Verse 8
Deep down
Cm
Deep
Outro 1
Down
F
Fsus4
Cm
F
G
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