EMPTY THE SOUND
Verse: F/C/G/Am (key of F)
Empty the sound
of the crowded room
car tires and defeat
the endless turning moon
And the night fell down
with noise from above
watching the shadows
falling in love
but there ain't nothin
but a burned out view
and I don't see
anything new
Everyone is waiting
for the oak and the plate
glass temples of tomorrow
metal box of freight
Covered in dead flowers
listening to the screams
smoke rising, buildings breaking
electric towers in the dream
I long for my other ocean
with bits of floating flame
I hide in the whirlwind zone
I know my river's name
Everyone is waiting
for doom to break
to mend the broken heart
of our ball on the stake
Like a knife in the dark
right out of the blue
the rainbows are burning up
and there is nothing but you
But always the rain kids
are dancing anew
underneath the freeway
of the invisible school
But no one is listening
and no one will come
the story is almost over
there's blood in the cup
oh you just think
it's a novelty
when it's the deepest thing
in the deepest sea
Chorus: F/Am/F/Am/F/Am/Dm/G
Carry my bird
right back to the sky
so no one can say
she did not try
Carry my bird
right back to the sky
take the bathtub of tears
make a streak of starlight
Bridge: Bb/Gm/F/C
"One cannot help but be in awe when one contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality"
- Albert Einstein
"We carry within us the wonders we seek without us"
-Sir Thomas Brown
"My religion is kindness"
-14th Dalai Lama
"How to live"
-by Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson
1. Do not be afraid of anyone
2. Have a great bullshit detector and learn how to use it and how to apply it
3. Be so tender, so open to the world and in Love with everything and everyone in it
