Canaries

G                        Am
Make what you can out of nothing

                  D/F#
Keep bluffing your way to extinction

         C            D
You're a sick fuck to think

           Em                         C     D
That this, unlike anything else, will last forever

G                       Am
Building rock anthems a jigsaw exterior

D/F#
You see what you miss

        C                 D
But you can't stand to be near her

     Em
It's bigger than that you realize

                  C        D
But short-sighted impulses own what's left of your dignity

G                     Am
Tell yourself quietly don't plow the field yet

       D/F#                 C             D
You're waiting to grow some new life from retrospect

Em                                           C
You know free agency pays little in the long run

        D
But you just don't feel like your legs are that tired yet

Em             Am
Friends and go-betweens

          D
Sing like canaries crushed in leaves

            Am             C
This is the thanks you get

Em               Am
Somewhere that's sweet

      D
Maybe someday we will meet

          Am        C   D   G
And I can thank you without strings

                           Am
All these befores that get drilled on long after

D/F#                               C              D
It's all just leverage when you're sure that it's over

Em                                           C
The street goes blurry like a movie that you saw once

D
Minutes freeze but you can't collect the corners still

G                       Am
She used to whisper you name like a refrain

D/F#                       C              D
And when she held you, you know, you felt safer

         Em
But your demons are fucking huge

                       C
You stack your deck to lose

     D
You say there's nothing you can do


Well we all know that you're lying

Em             Am
Friends and go-betweens

          D
Sing like canaries crushed in Spring

            Am              C
This is the thanks you get

Em                   Am
You get what you put in

                   D
I guess that's bullshit in the end

               Am
Written under fluorescent lights

     C           D      G
That replace the sun at night