Undercurrent

Cm Eb/Bb Ab I feel the pull, the undercurrent, the drag G7 They try to pull me under Cm And the tides that might rip you asunder Eb/Bb But you’ve got to stay cool and keep your eyes full of wonder Ab G7 Only foolish ones are scared of thunder Cm I feel the pull of the things I reject Cm They’re all familiar to him We had a sorrow with stings My heart sinks Cm But the hollow it brings G7 Is so fast when you have a night It’s so fast Cm Roll past, feeling better than most It’s all false, yo It’s arrogance and ego Cm Like closed-eyes zombies We go through the motions Cm And I don’t feel comfortable Saying « I don’t » G7 ‘Cause it’s like you ain’t a real young person if you won’t Cm Take drugs Fake hugs Fill your heart with fake love Cm Chemical dependencies And friends become enemies Cm It’s like you ain’t cool And you get looked down on G7 Your coke-head fiend taps all the taps you frown on Cm And I remember how it feels to get buzzy Cm No, it feels fucking amazing I ain’t saying that it doesn’t Cm What I’m saying is that I’m scared Of the way it makes you turn G7 And I feel I got too much that I learned to go back Cm But it’s hard to hold back Because everywhere around Cm People are becoming Up or coming down Cm And they ground the shit Quick to talk about it G7 Quick to dangle it in front of your nose Well this is just the way it goes Cm I suppose But the storm cloud blows a cold breeze Cm And my mates turn around and say: ‘Katy, hold these’ Cm And I’m tempted to throw it all away And be immersed G7 In the ecstasy The cocaine The ketamine There’s better things Cm I’m screaming at myself that there are better things Yo Cm But better things fade And that record’s been played Cm And I wanna break away and be truthful G7 When drugs ain’t true But they make me feel Closer to you Cm I feel the pull, the undercurrent, the drag I have to fight hard Eb/Bb Swim with all my strength Until the stormy nights pass Ab If you wanna be your own you And let nothing own you G7 Then experience’s shown you: After struggle: struggle Cm Through an unrewarding muddle with days murkier than puddles but Eb/Bb Do what you gotta See through All the fog Ab A sea view Is your property too G7 To yourself, be true Don’t surrender Stay clever Under pressure Cm To be the honest I’m weary Clearly not honest Cm Fake shit I can’t take this baitness It’s apparent that Cm Most are transparent and G7 Most really haven’t a clue Well, I pursue a new avenue Cm I’ve become lost in the: ‘Have you?’ ‘What haven’t’ you?’ The: ‘Do you?’ Cm ‘Or don’t you?’ The: ‘is it?’ Or: ‘is it not cool?’ Cm All the haircuts The trainers The outfits The accents G7 And I don’t mean to be cruel, it’s not Cm My place to judge This is all just the stuff of my faults Cm People fall I’ve been trapped as they walk to the shop, because Cm Their faults get trapped as they walk, and because G7 I can’t prove it don’t mean it ain’t real Cm I’m a paranoid kid From the CE just like you Cm Trying to Make something real And I might do Cm If I could just get me to sleep the whole night through G7 Then I’d be Getting somewhere Like I’m meant to be Cm Child of the 21st century Mentally Cm Unstable from dependencies Cm Too much drugs made my belly freeze up Feeling very queezed G7 Drink down the big bottle Eyes on the cherry trees Cm Blossom as it chips ? Let my mind glaze Cm Fragged up kids is the usual These days Cm If we even knew the amounts we blaze G7 We’d be sayin’ how kids these days are real brave Cm But we can’t see straight And we can’t, we bother the most Don’t give a f**k about politics Cm Well, that’s the reality and everything’s grim G7 So we wear out misery like scars over skin Cm I feel the pull, the undercurrent, the drag I have to fight hard Eb/Bb Swim with all my strength Until the stormy nights pass Ab If you wanna be your own you And let nothing own you G7 Then experience’s shown you: After struggle: struggle Cm Through an unrewarding muddle with days murkier than puddles but Eb/Bb Do what you gotta See through All the fog Ab A sea view Is your property too G7 To yourself, be true Don’t surrender Stay clever Under pressure Cm I feel the pull, the undercurrent, the drag I have to fight hard Eb/Bb Swim with all my strength Until the stormy nights pass Ab If you wanna be your own you And let nothing own you G7 Then experience’s shown you: After struggle: struggle Cm Through an unrewarding muddle with days murkier than puddles but Eb/Bb Do what you gotta See through All the fog Ab A sea view Is your property too G7 To yourself, be true Don’t surrender Stay clever Under pressure Cm Eb/Bb Ab To yourself, be true Don’t surrender Stay clever G7 Under pressure That’s the way to make this shit get better