Standard (EADGBE)

On a string I was held the way I move, can you tell?

My actions are orchestrated from above

So I swing and I sway wave my hands kick my legs

And it's always right with the music

(Until all that swinging starts to make you sick)

For a song I was bought, now I lie when I talk

With a careful eye on the cue card

Onto a stage, I was pushed with my sorrow well rehearsed

So give me all your pity and your money now, all of it

(We used to think that sound was something pure)

If I could act like this was my real life and not some cage where I've been placed

Then, I could tell you the truth like I used to and not be afraid of sounding fake

Now all that anyone's listening for are the mistakes

(I'm sorry!)No it's okay, it's okay. 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3!

In a house, by myself, I hear the ice start to melt

And watch rooftops weep for the sunlight

And I know what must change, fuck my face, fuck my name

They are brief and false advertisements

For a soul I don't have something true I have lacked

And spent my whole life trying to make up for

But I found in a song and in the people I love

They will lift me up out of darkness

Now my door it stands open

I am inviting everyone in

We're laugh we're drink until the morning comes

That is what we are gonna do!