[Intro]
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[Verse]
D
..Meet me out by the fire escape
It’s been forty nights and forty days
G
And I’ve become uncertain in a cosmic way
I chewed my fingers to the bone today
[Pre-Chorus]
D
Oh, won’t you come around and meet me by the fire escape
G
Untie this tied tongue tie
What’s it that I wanna say, what’s it that I really wanna say?
What are the words I’ve been choking on, hoping someone will articulate?
[Chorus]
D
..Oh no, that’s some murky water
A
Alright, we’re in the trenches now
I don’t know when the party’s over
G
All I know’s I’m getting out somehow
D
Oh, what a fever dream
[Verse]
D
Meet me out by the fire escape
Join the procession down the alleyway, oh
G
Our freedom’s a joke and we’ve got debts to pay
How many waves until the levee breaks?
[Pre-Chorus]
D
Oh, won’t you come around and meet me by the fire escape
G
Untie this tied tongue tie
What’s it that I wanna say, what’s it that I really wanna say?
What are the truths we’ve been choking on, hoping someone will articulate?
[Chorus]
D
..Oh no, that’s some murky water
A
Alright, we’re in the trenches now
And I don’t know how the story ends
G
But the pages just turn over and then turn over again
[Bridge]
And redemption’s always outta sight and just around the bend
D
And the outcome doesn’t match with what it is that I intend
Like a stack of books grows and gathers dust beside the bed
A
Or the disconnect between what people Do and what they’ve said
And I wanna read the news maybe without losing my head
D
Oh, what a fever dream
[Interlude]
D A G
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[Outro]
D
..Meet me out by the fire escape
It’s been forty nights and forty days
G
And I’ve become uncertain in a cosmic way
D
I chewed my fingers to the bone today….