Crown Of Nothing

A A D A Wrong place, wrong time again D F# Wrong way, on home to the dead A E Corpses, in darkness float up to heaven D F# Throw shadow above our heads A D Crown of nothing to kiss E The cup of numb awaits their lips N.C. F**K YOU GET PUMPED! A A D A Slipped in to a different universe D F# Synced in, no need to be rehearsed A E Soft skin from liquid coats consciousness D F# Rotting minds in the afterlife A D E Promise, you'll see me for who I am A I'll let you too F# A F# A F# A D E A A We want to sleep D It's time to wake up A We've thought to keep disguises, Enough D E Of this charade, it all feels the same F# We can tell that you feel dismayed A We can tell that your heart wants it F# We can tell that your mind's made up A We can tell that your conscious kicked in F# We can tell that you wanna be left alone A We can tell that you looked back down D We can tell that you're turning yourself around E We can tell that you're mining your way into A Another hell, would you A Just watch and sleep? D It's time to wake up D The thought to keep A Disguises disgusts A Us all who fall D E Through darkness untouched A Your heaven is just a crutch A D I want to sleep, and then to wake up D This thought to keep A Disguised is enough A And this charade D E It all feels the same A Fuckin' right we feel dismayed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Welcome to Heaven -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D D So Welcome to Heaven, Bm G Just a state of dumb contentment D Sitting all alone in blackness floating on Bm G A cognizant cloud of ash is all D We are in this bitter alternative Bm G Where our spirit comes back it teaches lessons to those D who live on and on and on and on Bm G In a second world, it's hell is all... N.C. D So welcome to heaven. D G eb|-2-2-5-2--3-3-5-3-| Bb|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-| D Slack jawed and simple angels staring off G Into the infinite D Into the white abyss D Wrapped up in memories of sin and stoned G Irreverence D How do they still uphold Bm G D this corrupt membership in a field of unworthy souls Bm G E F# G A B C tell your God never sit I'll yield when he's told N.C. D You're not welcome in heaven Bm G In this state of dumb contentment D Where you're alone in blackness floating on Bm G A cloud of ash you don't belong D At all in this bitter alternative Bm Where all spirits kicked back G Teach truth to those D who live on and on and on and on Bm A Not overjoyed you came along G D With everyone's eyes rolling up G A Into the backs of their hollow skulls G D Try as we might we've tried to stop A G A but no one gets it makes no sense D Peel back green earth it covers up the door G Under our feet and soar D down to the underworld D he'll wait again in the same place he always is G wishing he never lived D wishing he'd die again Bm G He'll beg, never changing at all D been the same for the last million years A Let him bawl not the first time you've brought him to tears... N.C. D So welcome to heaven Bm G just a state of dumb contentment D Peeling back skull, an ear, an eye, a tongue Bm G A cognizant cloud of ash among D Your vengeance cause here, yeah, it's all you've got Bm G Just your spirit living on just to teach him about D your own loss... he caused it all Bm A Your heaven's his hell and you're not gonna stall G D Eyes not rolling up G A Into the back of your vengeful skull G D just staring straight, deep, infinite E F# G A B C E F# G and he doesn't try...to apologise A B C E F# G hasn't lost his mind A B C D that's why he still cries -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Pain/Boredom -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dm G F# G F# G F# A# Writhing serpent forced on itself G F# G F# G F# A# Chewing its body from bottom to top G F# G F# There's laughing and pointing G F# A# G F# G F# G F# B But can't fuckin' stop chewing, gulping, shaming itself G# Crying "don't want to!" Dm "That's what it gets!" G# G# A A# B You want it, need it - sole feeling left G F# G F# G F# A# Skinless, eyeless, dickless, senseless G F# G F# G F# A# G F# G F# Screaming, shaking, nothing but clutching on to existence G F# A# "That's what you asked for!" A# A G# G G F# F E Suffering over and over again G# Dm Pain or a soul-crushing boredom? G# D F Pain or a memory serum? G# D Stains like you get nothing better F**k you! G# G# A F# B Binary choices for you's all you get Dm You made the choice and you'll swallow it now -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Altered States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Em Eb|-5-7-5-3-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-3-| N.C. All the ghosts in the graveyard all have just what they want N.C. All they lost they recovered N.C. Here they're now back to haunt Em All the demons in hell G Their crown's all their pain and their cries Em All their suffering's their playground G Emptiness fills their minds C G Em D C G C Cause no one has a thought before they die that each of us rots in time G Em D We're all animals in an altered state C G Em D C D You know it takes a lot to recognize you're insane C G Em C G Em D And time tends to equate all the pointlessness in heaven we hope for C G D Em With all that we create Em G So all that's left is to witness all the ways that they've won Em G All the games of existence matter not when they're done Em G Floating round in the sewage is all that we've got after death Am C D Call it heaven if it's what you want, call it whatever you get C G Em D C G C Cause no one has a thought before they die that each of us rots in time C G Em D C G C Yeah no one has a thought before they die that heaven is a moment in time G Em D We're all animals in an altered state C G Em D C D You know it takes a lot to recognize you're insane C G Em C G Em D And time tends to equate all the pointlessness in heaven we hope for C G D C With all that we create C G C D G C D Em We're not the same, but we're not more G D We're spirits in a rotting world C D We'll wait again to see what's next in line C We're all animals in an altered state N.C. You know it takes a lot to recognize you're insane C G Em C G Em D And time tends to equate all the pointlessness in heaven we hope for C G Em D You're obsessed with infinite doped up C G Em More by death than we can drum D C G Em Ignore everything we've locked within the door -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Perfect Black -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E A B E A B Here we stare at perfect black, taking time for once to glimpse the other side E A B Swallow once, feel infinite - Swallow twice, and sink forever through your mind A E A B Wrapped up in meaning, it's easy to ignore all the facts of the abyss A E F# B Time, space and consciousness make it so scratching that itch is a kiss E We need it E We feel it A B Just speak it, and drink it E You need it E We feel it A B Just speak it, and drink it E Open eyes mean streaming tears N.C. When you stare at forever it's bigger than you feared A E Admitting pointless is a pill A B Easy cure for pressure, keeps the edge off it A E Not forever but now it's time to rise from the dirt F# B Ascend to your place where at least you can't hurt E A Reaching out, your hands grip nothing F# B And there's no ground beneath to catch your body E A Floating in that half-dead state of timelessness F# B Nothing keeps you satisfied like silence E You need it E We feel it A B Just speak it, and drink it E Need help comprehending relief? A B Yeah it's tempting, a cheap consolation for heaven it may be C#m But I've seen the light B E It's darker than velvet inside this crypt where you can't tell the difference C#m B I've seen the light, so bright I've been blinded E Inside this crypt of predictable excess F# E Expanding your mind to unknown perception's your only way out So let's face it together F# B Expanding your mind by burning the body, the bones, the ashes to nothing E A B E A B C#m B E C#m B A B E A Open eyes mean streaming tears C#m B When you stare at forever it's bigger than you feared E A Admitting pointless is a pill F# B Easy cure for pressure, keeps the edge off it E A Not forever but now it's time to rise from the dirt F# B Ascend to your place where at least you can't hurt E A Reaching out, your hands grip nothing C#m B And there's no ground beneath to catch your body E We need it E We feel it A B Just speak it, and drink it E You need it E We feel it A B Just speak it, and drink it E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Bad Answer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E I'm not the one, I'm not the one A# I'm not the one you want E I'm not the one, I'm not the one A# E I'm not the one who's got the answer that you're looking for A# The solution that you seek E Suffering's all I'm doing A# But it won't fill your need C#m A We all run on toward the setting sun E B Trying just to keep it on the horizon C#m A Call it stunned by your desperation E B All our love wasted on what's over and done E You can tell everybody that we're nothing B Just a collection of hollow cries and guts E You can tell everybody that my soul's made up B If you just let me crumble into dust E B E I'm not the one, I'm not the one A# I'm not the one you want E I'm not the one, I'm not the one A# I'm not the one just stop E A# No answer makes you satisfied, no answer lets you sleep E A# Life's meaning's to find meaning in this abyss, so black and deep F# B You ran outta time, can't satisfy that need now that you've died E You can tell everybody that we're nothing B Just a collection of hollow cries and guts E You can tell everybody that my soul's made up B If you're dumb enough to accept that stuff E You can tell everybody that we're nothing B Just a collection of borrowed time and dust E You can tell everybody that their love's made up B If it helps when you try to sleep at night C#m A E B G# B Dried up, the sand's filled up your mind E Black hole is all that's left inside A F# B You were dead when you were born to this dead world G# E Just let us break apart, we'll both feel better for it, can't ignore it A B If you're sick of it, just let it go B Just let it go, just let it C#m A We all run on toward the setting sun E B Trying just to keep it on the horizon C#m A Call it stunned by our desperation E B All our love wasted on what's over and done E You can tell everybody that I'm nothing, just a collection of hollow B Cries, guts, fucked E You can tell everybody that we're nothing B Just a collection of hollow cries and guts E You can tell everybody that our soul's made up B If you're dumb enough to accept that stuff E You can tell everybody that we're nothing B Just a collection of borrowed time and dust E You can tell everybody that their love's made up B E If it helps when you try to sleep at night -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Life in Hell -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D Are we the only ones who know you're nothing but an animal? A G D Your stomach pressed into the ground, just looking for an exit out? D A D A G A D Bm D But no matter what, no one's listening G D Screaming mouth falls on plugged up ears Bm D And no matter how much you beg and pray away away G D A G You wake up again just to feel the pain D And we're the only ones who know your suffering A D A G You're all alone, a carcass cast into the cold A D Your payment for the soul you sold Bm You'll pound your fits, you'll scream and shout A But nothing but your breath comes out D A tragedy, without a doubt D A D A G A D Bm Moments turned into infinite D Is it? Is it? G D You've played it out, just like you deserve Bm A D You're woken up, just another day G A Bm Won't lock the door just to keep her away A G Hands are tied, so you don't dare pray A D Make it stop, please don't make me stay D A D And we're the only ones who know your suffering A G A You're all alone, a worm half-dried up in the sun D Just looking for an end to come Bm You'll pound your fists, you'll scream and shout A D But nothing but your breath comes out D G Bm A D Nothing but your breath comes out, a tragedy without a doubt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Something We Won't Talk About -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey Paul B E F# B Took you out for a drink at a party B Poison cup, silver tongue was the start E B You were gone, leaving you numb B Saw him round, super-clear he'd forgotten B Just the sound of his voice made you rotten E Succumbed F# Promised he's done E You're a noose made flesh B E Physical embodiment of every nightmare he wept in F# But he'll never get it, never get it B Oo-oo, tell me who are you-oo? E Dry your leaking eyes out F# This is something we won't talk about B Oo-oo, here, you want a tissue? E Take your fucking prize now F# This is when it's best to pass out B E F# B Good to see ya, haven't talked since our bender C# D# Sweating palms, asking 'do you remember?' E B E F# Oh no! We were too stoned! B Ask him by for a drink, your apartment B Plastic wrap, got a needle B You start E F# Pent-up scream comes out, wiping away all doubt E You're a noose made flesh B E Physical embodiment of every nightmare B He wept, just another compliment E Noose made flesh B C#m Physical embodiment of every dream that F# He wept, but he'll never get it Never get it all, no B Oo-oo, tell me who are you-oo? E Dry your leaking eyes out F# This is something we won't talk about B Oo-oo, here, you want a tissue? E Take your fucking prize now F# This is when it's best to pass out G# E Now you're telling him 'don't make a sound' B F# Nah, he ain't some wretch you found G# E Now he's begging you 'please let me go' B F# B But his ashes are needed to poison the seeds that he's sewn B Oo-oo, tell me who are you-oo? E Dry your leaking eyes out F# This is something we won't talk about B Oo-oo, here, you want a tissue? E Take your fucking prize now F# This is when it's best to pass out B E F# B -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. You & I (Are Nothing but Lies) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Am Dm Em Am Dm There's a monster walking around in these streets Em We can't pray him away Am It's a constant threat to us all Dm Em Why do they sit and stare anyway? Am Dm Em So exhausted by the sight at the sound of the sighing and pathetic crowd Am Dm Never wanted for their breath to be drowned out more than we feel it Em Right now C Tell the king you're fed up with something - D it's him the power's in the sin G C D You and I are nothing but lies floating through consciousness G Paralyzed by what we despise C Desperate for vengeance D Am Nothing of consequence Am Dm Em We're all specters, so why do we tell everybody we feel so alive? Am Dm Em Just a lecture, made for our pride in the knowledge that everything dies G D Distraction and pain and repeated refraines make us feel it'll all Stay the same C D But freedom's in knowing that chaos ain't going away We're living proof of it G C D You and I are nothing but lies floating through consciousness G Paralyzed by what we despise C Desperate for vengeance D Finding no answers G C D You and I are nothing but lies floating through consciousness C It brings us together - looking for answers D Cut out the cancer, now we're the masters C Sick and tired of voices on fire G Time to hammer out knives C Trick's to expire - that's what inspires G No exit when you've gone and died C G Sick and tired of sitting around and talking about how awful it is A What he did D It's our time to make him pay for his sin G C D Because you and I are nothing but lies floating through consciousness G Paralyzed by what we despise C Desperate for vengeance D Finding no answers G C D You and I are nothing but lies floating through consciousness C It brings us together - looking for answers D Nihilist slander Am He knows who's his master now -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. The Problem -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A# We're not so different, you know Gm just one or two chromosomes slipped backward makes us bastards A# Admit we're worms in the earth, so swallow, pass out that dirt Gm D# They need us - walking on the path created by our mouths, our guts F Not once, but always treated like a clown, like rust cleaned up, we're trash this time A# Gm We're just a waste of a life - why bother even trying? D# F Our pupils pointed inside our skulls A# Prefer just to sigh-igh away like our conversations Gm Sigh away from obliteration D# F A# Fly away from the radio station - it's all just useless information A# You and me's all that we've got Gm A pair of demons, we rot in pieces A# If we're found out: ironed creases, dust swept beneath royal rug Gm We've dug ourselves deep enough, so fingers crossed it passes D# Worst case it's death, so listen: that sound out loud, that thunder F Delay is so misleading, eyes open, no more sleeping A# Gm We're just a waste of a life - why bother even trying? D# F Our pupils pointed inside our skulls A# Prefer just to sigh-igh away like our conversations Gm Sigh away from obliteration D# F Fly away from the radio station - it's all just useless information A# We're the problem anybody'd argue, hear the sobbing coming from the bathroom? D# Clear your throat, start dabbing all your tears You hear the sirens coming the horizon A# Dark, we'll keep each other on the line, say bye, we'll sigh in the morning when the sun's up D# We're the problem, you'll see it if you look, don't hide your eyes - doesn't matter in the darkness A# D# F We're just a waste of a life - why bother even trying? A# D# Our pupils pointed inside our skulls F A# Prefer just to sigh-igh away like our conversations D# F Sigh away from obliteration A# D# F Fly away from the radio station - it's all just useless information A# D# F It's all just useless information A# Just useless information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. Bliss Addiction -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N.C. We're nothing better than the dirt into which we dissolve N.C. We're nothing more, nothing less N.C. D A B We're nothing better than a magnet, a fuckin' vacuum, a wretched mess D A B We're nothing better than the ooze out of which we evolved D A B We're headed into the sun D G D A D B We're deserving of attrition, and you can bet that I'm telling everyone B D A B You can talk all you want 'bout the sinners and the saints D A B All that matters is that they've all died G A G All the rest is no better than a lie, so why cry about it? G D E Everybody and their meaning - I gotta tell ya, it's a joke Bm C The only reason why we listen is to forget that life's a hoax G So everybody and their purpose, it's all a circus, it's writ in smoke A And breathing in is all that matters, it's something to choke on B D A B B D A B We're nothing better than how quick we kick each of our own addictions D A B To unending bliss D G D A We're nothing better than the mission to keep our eyes off what we've missed B D A B We're no better than each other me and you, opposing sides on a D A B Worthless coin B Heaven, hell, it doesn't matter D E G Empty words just to keep us in line A I'm a prisoner and you're my life G D E Everybody and their meaning - I gotta tell ya, it's a joke Bm C The only reason that we listen is to forget that life's a hoax G So everybody and their purpose, it's all a circus, it's writ in smoke A And breathing in is all that matters, it's something to choke on B A B A B A D A Blind, dumb, scum, you and me and everyone B A B A B A D G Blind, dumb, scum, you and me and everyone D B Heaven, hell, how can anyone tell? G Pray for death, cause it's all we have left D B Change your mind get it outta the grime G Without time, are you even alive? D F# Heaven, hell, how can anyone tell? G Change your mind get it outta the grime A Change your mind, get it outta the grime B A B A B A D A B Blind, dumb, scum, you and me and everyone -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. Losing Faith -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G The time has come to get outta here C G Em G No faith left, no time to fear our path to death, this endlessness G Break through the ground, we'll soon be in hell C G What's even heaven but a story we tell our children now? Em G Let's break the vow C G The true singularity's coming up fast C G We've stopped making sense with present and past C G Next up nothing, and it's life we've surpassed Em D C So why do we complain? D G C We've been losing our faith, we're been losing our will to live D G C We've been in a sad state, we've been learning what purpose is D Em G Begging just for a taste of the ignorant bliss where we ascend Am C D To a plane of existence that lets us forget G C G There was never an easier way out G C G There was never an easier way out Em G 3x Em D G The time has come to pick when we close our eyes C G Em G Go deaf, dumb, swallow a dose of comatose, just what we'd opposed G Cause heaven's a graveyard, just like the dirt G It's senseless, it makes us a slave to the hurt C G Em G So f**k that thought, we'd rather rot C G Look deep in the black hole coming up fast C G Existential crisis reduced to ash C G Stopped making sense with present and past Em D C So why do we complain? D G We've been losing our faith, we're been losing our will to live C (Remember, we're already dead!) D G We've been in a sad state, we've been learning what purpose is C (Surrender our need for an end!) D Em E Holding tight to our life so we might spite our cognizance Am Give us that sweet, sweet ignorance C D G Give us the absence, but you keep the death G C G There was never an easier way out G C G There was never an easier way out G C G There was never an easier way out G C G There was never an easier way out -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. Disassemble -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A E D A Step 1: Begin D Disassemble the limbs and turn up the sin A Step 2: Set flame D Think about what to do with all that remains Bm D A Heaven won't take, and hell is the same F#m D A Try all you might, can't rest if you don't have a name A E D A D Step 3: Just stand in this endless display of blood sweat and sand A D Step 4: Ignore that voice in your head telling you that his death Bm D A Isn't enough, this debt he's rung up F#m D A It can only resolve with his infinite blood A E D All you know is you're done with this plane of existence A E D And though all you need is a way to escape with the treasure you seek Bm D A E Deep in your mind, taking your time, thinking about what you need to Bm Get right's driving you mad D D D C# B A So let's burn this corpse of a man A E D A D A E D Step 5: Just drive with the ash in a sack til you know you're back A D A Step 6: Stack sticks E D Pour the powder on top, light a match, take a breath Bm D A Watch as his corpse turns to smoke F#m D A And feel when the chapter's closed A E D Then you'll know that you're done with this plane of existence A E D And though all relieved, there's an anger inside you know won't ever leave Bm Heaven won't take D Hell is the same A E That's all that it is and it's time that you fade Bm D A Try all you might, there's no rest if you don't have a life Bm D A Forget or there'll be no respite A F#m G A E D All you know is you're done with this plane of existence A E D And though all you had was a match and some time to think up a plan Bm D Deep in your mind, taking some time A E Bm Thinking about what you did to get right's making you glad that you D A Turned him to sand Bm D A God fucking dammit you're glad that you're leaving this land A F#m G -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. Heaven's End -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C Fear came crawling Em F C G Tears, shame falling spears laid out in the grass before her feet C Em F That agitation spat damnation, rats C G Equation's balanced out, complete Am Em Now on her own, where should she go? F C G That answer's absent, left her all alone Am Em F G As laughter spreads throughout her head, she sees it's all a joke G Em Am Em F Em F G When the light won't shine, to her surprise the vengeance fled somehow sometime G Em Am Em F Em F G Wipes her eyes and laughs, punchline's the fact that life's a lie C Em Sees she's nothing, ashes rushing F C G Steadfast, crushed in abyss like everyone C Screams all wasted Em F Constellations pass like nothing C G In the long run, what's been done? Am Em We're on our own, built up our thrones F C G Am At last she's found the summit to the stone to perch upon, shove Em Memory off F G That's punishment for him enough G Em Am Em Though light won't shine, we'll find sight F Em F G As eyes more apt distract and blight G Em Their minds in time Am Em F Em F G Recognize no matter, we're all lies C G On and on the pain dissolves F G C Our minds ascend to heaven's end C G F G N.C. When the light won't shine, to her surprise the vengeance fled somehow sometime G Em Am Em F Em F Wipes her eyes and laughs, punchline's the fact that life's a lie C G On and on the pain dissolves F G Our minds ascend to heaven's end C G On and on the pain dissolves F G C Our minds ascend to heaven's end