Middle Earth

A Asus4 A N.C. Try that again A Slipping my way through the cracks Asus4 A G F# Em And I hope you don't overreact when my body collapses A G F# I've been wandering hoping to find my own place on this planet G I've been up in the middle of it, I've been up in the middle of it A G F# A In the Middle Earth, I've been nothing but real with you A I've been nothing but real with you A Slipping my way through the cracks Asus4 A G F# Em And I hope you don't overreact when my body collapses A G F# I've been wandering hoping to find my own place on this planet G I've been up in the middle of it, I've been up in the middle of it A G F# A In the Middle Earth, I've been nothing but real with you A I've been nothing but real with you A Till the dirt A Asus4 A G F# Em A G F# G A G F# A A Asus4 Is honesty overrated? A G F# How many times have I said the same Em Thing in new ways? Start to think it's the way that my life's gonna be A G F# G And I guess that's okay A G Wanted to be a grunge singer when I was child F# A Grew up fast and wild Now the crow's feet are crawling all over my face A Every time that I smile A Asus4 What you know about being decapitated A A G F# While your body still rolls around aimlessly? Em Is there a way for me to face my infinite demons A G F# G And maintain a sense of stability? Hustling for pennies like I was still 14 A G F# A I ain't ready to grow up "Just wasn't made for these times" A Realize I will never blow up and that's fine A Asus4 A I'm not Cobain or Cornell or Layne A G F# Em I'm just floating inside my own lane Every word that I'm singing is plain A G F# G Just hoping that someone out there can relate And there's times when I hate my brain A G F# A Want to drive directly into trees Think of 6 million ways to stop breathing A When my heart is pounding from the anxiety A Asus4 Every year it gets sadder and fatter A A G F# Em Till the point that you realize none of it matters much For the minutes we have on this planet we're seeking love A G F# G And that's more than enough Call it what you want A G Call it God, call it your freedom F# A That connection between living beings is a powerful thing And that's real to us A A G F# Em Slipping my way through the cracks, slipping my way through the cracks A G F# G Slipping my way through the cracks, slipping my way through the cracks A G F# A And I know she don't love me like that, I know she don't love me like that Not the game nor the lady, maybe neither of them gonna love me back, nah A A G F# Em Slipping my way through the cracks, slipping my way through the cracks A G F# G Slipping my way through the cracks, slipping my way through the cracks A G F# A And I know she don't love me like that, I know she don't love me like that Not the game nor the lady, maybe neither of them gonna love me back, nah A Asus4 A G F# Em A G F# G A G F# A Yo A A Asus4 I am a middle child A G F# It took me a little while Em To stop tryna get the approval of others A G F# It's better than living life in denial G A G My worst fear's to be middling in my nightmares I'm a kid again F# A And my teacher is asking my chosen career I deceive her 'cause that's what adults want to hear A They like doctors, firefighters A Asus4 A A G F# Not a future that's odd like it's Tyler's Em It's probably a sign I can't lie through my teeth A G F# I was missing my two front incisors G But now I sink my canines into sound rhymes A G F# Like they steak knives A Anxiety tried me, I've died, been revived So I'm trying to hold onto my eight lives A And I cannot pretend I could handle it A Asus4 A A If I ended up in middle management G F# Em Yeah, I have to be fucking with something I love A G F# If I'm burning both ends of my candle stick G And even then I'm a little carp A G F# Busy giving birth to a great tale A To my biggest fans I am Joan of Arc Walking Middle Earth in my chain mail, yeah A Slipping my way through the cracks Asus4 A G F# Em And I hope you don't overreact when my body collapses A G F# I've been wandering hoping to find my own place on this planet G I've been up in the middle of it, I've been up in the middle of it A G F# A In the Middle Earth, I've been nothing but real with you I've been nothing but real with you A Slipping my way through the cracks Asus4 A G F# Em And I hope you don't overreact when my body collapses A G F# I've been wandering hoping to find my own place on this planet G I've been up in the middle of it, I've been up in the middle of it A G F# A In the Middle Earth, I've been nothing but real with you I've been nothing but real with you Till the dirt A Asus4 A G F# Em A G F# G A G F# A