about people 

also i made this on a laggy garageband so pls appreciate .

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lyrics & chords:

Gm Gm Cm D
Gm Gm D
royalties passin by
they’re shining in only everyones eyes
would you laugh at the emperor’s clothes or force yourself to wear the lie?
you know they’ll never end the story if we never stop acting like it’s fine

Cm Cm D D 
Cm Cm D
you stick your knee down to the ground 
and cry “don’t cut my head”
you fill their ears with sugar sound
as you beg

Gm Cm D D
please make me feel like
im a valid one like you
maybe i lied
but i just wanted to feel
what it’d be like
if i shined just like your jewels
shape me, my life
only you i will abide

Gm Gm Gm Gm 

Gm Gm Cm D
Gm Gm D
not-so-little kids’ game of make-believe
with exclusive kingdoms, playing kings and queens
keep the ladder up, you see the top, it’s never far
you think you’re climbing slowly as they feed you golden stars 

Cm Cm D D
Cm Cm D
you’ve stuck your life down to the ground
you’ve already lost your head
you fill their ears sickening sounds
please i beg

Gm Gm Cm Cm D D+3

Gm Cm D D+3
does standing by some gold make you feel like more than stone
or is standing by a beggar why they even have a throne
you put yourself below, don’t act like you didn’t know
tryna be what they own so you won’t have to be on your own
x2

Gm Cm D D+3 
please make me feel like
make you feel like more than stone
maybe i lied
why they even have a throne
what it’d be like
don’t act like you didn’t know
shape me, my life
maybe then i’d feel alright

Bb Eb F D

emperor's clothes

F Dm C

i’ve been listening to love songs
and feeling this high
before i tumble back down
as i come back to-life

it’s like a drug in my system
that never gets old
cuz how could one build a tolerance
to what feels like home?

Bb F

my teacher told me that thinking
closely emulates life
so i think
and i dream
and i live in a lie

i have a feeling that nothing
will live up to this high
cuz a life
ain’t a dream
but i can’t help but try

Bb C 

and try and try and try and try—
/to find this

F Dm C

i’ve been tryna write love songs
to cover this hole
that i so stupidly feel
as i lay here alone

i got some comfort from emma
she said my time’s not now
but i hate being in line
so i still think about how

Bb F

my teacher told me that thinking
closely emulates life
so i think
and i dream
and i live in a lie

i always have the dreading thought that 
things will never feel right
cuz a life
ain’t a dream
still i can’t help but try

Bb C 

and try and try and try and try
to find this

F Dm 

i’d dance with you
i’d drink with you
in my apartment

we’d hear the trumpets
doing nothing
in our garden

Bb C

we have it all
in my head
we’d have it all
till the end

F Dm

not moving on;
our hearts will always be there drumming 
at any scene,
my missing piece is in you, darling

Bb C

we’d do it all
like she said
we’d do it all
like time never ends

F Dm Bb C (instrumental)

F Dm C

i’ve been listening to love songs
and feeling this high
just to tumble back down
when i come back to life

F Dm C

and i’ve been writing a love song
but i don’t know why
i guess i’ve been here too long
and still have nothing that’s mine

listening to love songs - draft 3

C Am F C

i’ve come to realize that when i sit here with my guitar
i’m always looking for another verse that i could start
i try a hundred different chords and then sit in silence

i’ve started yet another project just to sober up
forget about the other seven that i’ve barely done
i don’t know why i can’t just play a song that’s already written

Am Am C G
Am 000020 F G

i don’t know why i’m always looking for somebody new
i don’t know why i’m always craving for a change of view
i put my dreams up on a pedestal
knowing that i’ve built it on an older one still

F C F C
Am C F G

see, i’ve been wanting a simple quiet kind of life
since i was 12 i’ve wanted something like a 9-5
i told my family that i only really need a small apartment
well now i got it

and suddenly everything is calm, but i’ve been spinning out
and nothing’s wrong, but something’s telling me, oh it’s shouting now
that i’m not where i’m supposed to be 
there’s something there out for me
so i build another project to believe

i’ve come to realize that when i sit here with my guitar
i grab on every other detail just to pull apart
i’d pull the planet into shreds and then sit in silence

i tell my friends that when i’m done with school i’ll move away
but tell the truth, i know that every city’s just the same
i don’t know why i’m always looking for a change in the rhythm

i don’t know why i’m always looking for somebody new
i don’t know why i’m always craving for a change of view
i put my dreams up on a pedestal
knowing that i’ve built it on an older one still

cuz i’ve been wanting a simple quiet kind of life
since i was 12 i’ve wanted something like a 9-5
i told my family that i only really need a small apartment
well now i got it

and suddenly everything is calm, but i’ve been spinning out
and nothing’s wrong, but something’s telling me, oh it’s shouting now
that i’m not where i’m supposed to be 
there’s something there out for me
so i make another project to believe

a simple, quiet kind of life (voice memo)

A song for my people who are here for the long-term!! y'all know who you are

"bittersweet"

cover of jack's song by cavetown its so pretty

jack's song - cavetown (ukulele cover)

for the painters

jk i cant even paint

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lyrics & chords:

G Em C Cm
painting you a picture
fill it up with flowers and trees
using up all my paint to
make sure that its pretty

drew up a ladder
hung it up high so you can’t see
the dust that piles up on the 
perfect untouched scenery

G Em C D
but do you notice how there’s not a nail in sight
im hanging on so tight
Em C G D
and do you notice how the colors leak away
at night

G Em C Cm
but that’s okay
cuz I love you
and I love me
just enough too

so close your eyes
i’ll stay all night
i’ll put my blanket over you
when there’s not enough for two

G Em C D

G Em C Cm
holding you with both my hands
only letting go when you can walk by yourself
till then ill be filling up your 
skies with suns and nothing else

you can pick my colors
you can sit and watch me paint on my own
left the door open cause
i know one day you’ll want to go

G Em C D
and that’s alright, just hope my colors made some light 
while you’re still by my side
Em C G D
yeah it’s alright i learned to sleep in colder nights
i’ll stay alive

G Em C Cm
so it’s okay
cuz I love you
and I love me
just enough too

so close your eyes
i’ll stay all night
i’ll put my blanket over you
when there’s not enough for two

G Em C D

yan qing

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