[Verse]
E5 Eb5/E B
The drum wakes up
E5 Eb5/E A
He'll have a real black eye this time
E5 Eb5/E B
Hungover dream
E5 Eb5/E A
He hung around too long last night
E5 Eb5/E B
The drum gets up
E5 Eb5/E A
How will he feel about this one
E5 Eb5/E B
The dream throws up
E5 Eb5/E A
He didn't feel too good this time
[Chorus]
E B
He's got it all
E A
He's got it figured out
E B
Dream in the hall
E A
back in the hospital
E B
I'm not concerned
E A
He'll get it straight this time –
A B
And if he doesn't fuck it –
[Verse] (Palm Muted)
E5 Eb5/E B
The gun goes off
E5 Eb5/E A
He's always off about something
E5 Eb5/E B
The drum just nods
E5 Eb5/E A
the drum ain't listening at all
E5 Eb5/E B
The drum gets drunk
E5 Eb5/E A
the drum reads James Joyce in the drunk
E5 Eb5/E B
The dream falls down
E5 Eb5/E A
The drum's face breaks the dreams fall
[Chorus]
E B
He don't have shit
E A
He's learned to live with it
E B
The drum's in debt –
E A
you owe me don't forget –
E B
That bucks
E A A B
interest and moral support – and if you don't I swear –
A B A B
This is our lifetime and I am his creator
A B A B
A young man slowly pulled apart by separate poles of gravity
A B A B
This is our lifetime and I am his creator
A B A B
A young man slowly pulled apart by separate poles of gravity
A B A B
This is our lifetime and I am his creator
A B A B
A young man slowly pulled apart by separate poles of gravity
A B A B
This is our lifetime and I am his creator
A B A B
A young man slowly pulled apart by separate poles of gravity
[Verse]
E5 Eb5/E B
The drum goes forth
E5 Eb5/E A
He's got his flag unfurled or something
E5 Eb5/E B
The drum won't stop
E5 Eb5/E A
the drum's a menace to the public
[Chorus]
E B
Hold your drum high
E A
The drum is stoned again
E B
Don't wake him up
E A
he'll just start talking
E B
The drum is dead
E A
Long live the drum
E B
The drum is dead
E A
Long live the drum
E B
The drum is dead
E A
Long live the drum
A B
And I - And I am his creator –