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Rotting driftwood on the foreign shores Spilling out into the ocean floor And the memory's all you left without a trace Paralyzed with the thoughts receeding The current sweeps you with its silent bleeding Through the heart into the darkest place Turn around, there's nothing to see here Run away, no reason to be here It's the ghost who never goes away Turn around, and leave this behind now See the ground as it bleeds into sky now You fight the sea, you're always going to drown All the secrets that you're holding All the memories you hide All the frail thoughts that echo in the corners of your mind They won't even last a moment The will soon be swept away When the ocean takes you in its arms and carries you away You carry all your burdens on the cross around your neck You take whatever's left that you salvage from the wreck And that haunted past will follow you like a lost dog on the beach Nipping at your trail till you've drifted out of reach Turn around, there's nothing to see here Run away, no reason to be here It's the ghost who never goes away Turn around, and leave this behind now See the ground as it bleeds into sky now You fight the sea, you're always going to drown The broken-line horizon and the castles made of sand You tried to hold it in your hand, you tried to understand it But the ocean asks the questions, and it holds the answers too It dissolves away the lies about the things you thought you knew
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Tuning: FFCFAbC (the lower string is an octave below the second string). Intro (H5 means harmonic on 5th fret): ----------H7----------H7----------H7--H5-- ------------H5----------H7----------H5---- --------H5----------H5----------H5-------- ------H5----------H5----------H5---------- ------------------------------------------ -0-------------0-----------0-------------- First Verse: ----0----0-- --0--0-- ----0----0-- --9--7-- ----7----5-- --0--0-- ---5----7--- --8--7-- --0----0---- --x--x-- ------------ --8--7-- ----0----0-- --0--0--0--0--- ----0----0-- --9--7--9--11-- ----7----5-- --0--0--0--0--- ---5----7--- --8--7--8--10-- --0----0---- --x--x--x--x--- ------------ --8--7--8--10-- Chorus: --0---0---0---0-- --0---0---0---8-- --7---5---3---7-- --5---3---1---0-- --0---0---0---x-- --0---0---0---7-- --0---0---0---0-- --0---0---0---0-- --7---5---5---3-- --5---3---2---1-- --0---0---0---0-- --0---0---0---0-- Second Verse: ------0-------0-------0-----0-- ------0-------0-------0-----5-- ------7-------5-------7-----5-- ------5-------3-------5-----5-- --0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-- --0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-- ------0-------0---0-0--0--0--- ------0-------0---0-0--0--0--- ------7-------5---8-8-10-10--- ------5-------3---8-8-10-10--- --0-0-0---0-0-0---8-8-10-10--- --0-0-0---0-0-0---8-8-10-10--- "You carry all your burdens.." --0---0---0---0-- --4---0---9---7-- --3---0---0---0-- --0---0---8---7-- --3---0---x---x-- --3---0---8---7-- --0---0---0---0--- --4---0---9---11-- --3---0---0---0--- --0---0---8---10-- --3---0---x---x--- --3---0---8---10-- "Broken line horizon.." --0---0---0---0--------------------------0-0-- --9---7---9---11----H12-11-----H12-11----9-8-- --0---0---0---0-----H12---10---H12---10--8-8-- --8---7---8---10----H12--------H12-------8-8-- --x---x---x---x----0----------0----------8-8-- --8---7---8---10---0----------0----------8-8-- Ending: ---------------------------0-0-----0-0-- ---H12-11-----H12-11-------9-8-----9-8-- ---H12---10---H12---10--8--8-8--8--8-8-- ---H12--------H12-------8--8-8--8--8-8-- --0----------0----------8--8-8--8--8-8-- --0----------0----------8--8-8--8--8-8-- ----------------------------------10-H12------ ----9-11-12-11-9--------------11-H12---------- --10------------10--8--------H12----------H5-- --10----------------8-------H12----------H5--- --10----------------8----0-H12----------H5---- --10----------------8----0--------------------
Played LiveFull Statistics
Played at 28 out of
167 shows
since introduction (17%)
Played at 21 out of 56 non-open mic shows since introduction (38%)
There have been 26 show(s) since the last play.
Played at 21 out of 56 non-open mic shows since introduction (38%)
There have been 26 show(s) since the last play.
- Howard's Club H, 2004-04-30
- Amici Open Mic, 2004-04-30
- Coffee Amici, 2004-07-03
- Brewed Awakenings, 2004-10-02
- Amici Open Mic, 2004-10-15
- The Stadium Club, 2004-10-27
- Coffee Amici, 2004-10-30
- Coffee Amici, 2005-02-05
- Ohio Coffee Concerts, 2005-02-19
- Java Rave, 2005-04-08
- Amici Open Mic, 2005-04-29
- Jones Building, 2005-05-06
- Coffee Amici, 2005-07-16
- Stage Right, 2005-07-26
- Amici Open Mic, 2005-08-19
- Wayne College, 2005-10-05
- Coffee Amici, 2005-10-15
- Masonic Temple, 2005-12-17
- Coffee Amici, 2006-02-18
- Amici Open Mic, 2006-03-10
- Coffee Amici, 2006-05-06
- Rocking U, 2006-05-12
- Meeting Place on Market, 2006-06-24
- Rocking U, 2006-06-24
- Rocking U, 2006-07-07
- Amici Open Mic, 2006-07-14
- Coffee Amici, 2006-10-28
- Amici Open Mic, 2007-03-23
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