The Best Defense (Is to be Offensive)

from The Letters of Dr. Kurt Gödel by Levi Weaver

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lyrics

A Asus2 A Asus2
Oh, they're gonna love me when I look them in the eye and say
Dm
"I'm damaged, but I'm hopeful!" "I'm gonna keep on trying because
A Asus2 A Asus2
love is really all we need! Love's the snake oil tonic that will
Dm B C#
cure our every evil!" (and I'll sell it like I mean it from the stage).

Vs.2
I'm vulnerable, approachable, your folks would probably love me
and your imaginary conversations probably sound like this:
They've got some very valid questions about my songs and my intentions
and the fact I've never settled down; "isn't anybody wondering where you are?"

Chorus
D E
This is home: the stage, the States
A
all I own in one suitcase
Amaj7 A6
all the people that i've loved left back
F# Bm E
in places I've called home

Vs3
Am
Let's play truth and consequences? First the truth: I'm not that interested
Dm
I've been burned a couple times, so now I'm the one who starts the fires
A Dm
And I probably still believe in love; the problem is, I just can't trust
E
So where does that leave us? (well) How about those consequences?
A
I've got this moat around my heart
Dm
chock full of mud and monsters

and my archers never sleep, so use your powers of observation
A
this stage is more than just the lights and all the adulation:
Dm Bm E
it's the only place where I can be alone... without --- being alone.

Chorus2
D E
This is home: the stage, the States
A
all I own in one suitcase
Amaj7 A6
all the people that i've loved left back
F# D E
in places I've called home! Someday, I'll stop this war
Amaj7 A6 F#
Someday I'll fall in love, and know what love is for
D E
but for tonight, I'll sell the box and keep the contents under lock and key
Amaj7 A6 F#
and by the time you realize you've lost the game, I'll be
D E
another several homes away, up on some solitary stage
A, Asus2
alone again.

credits

from The Letters of Dr. Kurt Gödel, released June 1, 2011
Rhodes: Ben Azevedo
Cello: Robert Duello
Violin: Ben Kaufman
Viola: Samm Neiland
Drums: Jeremy McCormick
Bass: Ben Jones
Electric Guitar: Aaron Dethrage
Electric Guitar, Other Instrumentation: Levi Weaver
Engineered, Mixed, Mastered: Aaron Dethrage

Artwork by Kate Stipp: katestipp.blogspot.com

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