Biography:
Byrdman is a folk punk band from Washington, D.C.
The band was formed at first as an anti-folk/folk punk solo project for Jack David. After the release of the Back To School Split EP with False Idols, the project grew into a full band effort, with Jack contributing guitar and vocals, his brother Nick on drums, Matthew Benson playing trumpet, Connor Cragg on bass, and Thomas Allain playing the electric guitar.
The band uses melodic guitar leads and elements of several other genres of punk and indie music
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INTRO:
C E7 Am F G
C E7 Am F
You are trying to be different, you are trying to make friends
G
and you're trying to find the reason.
C E7 Am F
You are trying to get even with the monsters on your bed, gnawing at your feet
G
but you're afraid to look down.
C E7 Am F
And people are people, we all make mistakes,
G
but I'm afraid that the disasters will eventually add up and one day
C E7 Am F G
you'll be caught in a crossfire with no place to take cover.
Dm G C E7 Am D7 F G
We are hoping for the best but fully expecting the worse, and I'll never leave here.
G
But I never wanna live here.
C E7 Am F G
C E7 Am F G
C E7 Am F
I'm stuck inside an endless maze, never sure where I am.
G
I have no hole to crawl back to.
C E7 Am F G
I'm a turtle without a shell, a fish out of water, and I just wanna be killed.
C E7 Am F G
Fuck your righteous "it gets better"s, you don't who I am, do me a favor, shut your fucking mouth.
C E7 Am F
Make me forget about the knives pressed to my throat.
G
Make me forget about the murders of people I know.
Dm G C E7 Am D7 F G
My parents love me more than I could probably ever imagine so I'll never leave them.
G
I have nowhere to go.
C E7 Am F G
C E7 Am F G
C E7 Am F G
We could kill 15 birds with one stone, or feed 1 bird with 2 plates and we will choose the latter.
C E7 Am F G
This wealth we have can't be spread too thin, at least that's what we tell ourselves to feel
better...
C E7 Am F G
There are answers to these questions inside our actions but we're too scared to leave our homes.
C E7 Am F G
I'm afraid of where I come from, but I'm even more afraid of where I go.
Dm G C E7 Am D7 F G
We try so damn hard to be honest with ourselves about how we feel.
G
I'm a liar.
C E7 Am F G
C E7 Am F
You are trying to be different, you are trying to make friends
G
and you're trying to find the reason.
C E7 Am F
You are trying to get even with the monsters on your bed, gnawing at your feet
G
but you're afraid to look down.
C E7 Am F
And people are people, we all make mistakes,
G
but I'm afraid that the disasters will eventually add up and one day
C E7 Am F G
you'll be caught in a crossfire with no place to take cover.
Dm G C E7 Am D7 F G
We are hoping for the best but fully expecting the worse, and I'll never leave here.
G
But I never wanna live here.
C E7 Am F G
C E7 Am F G
C E7 Am F
I'm stuck inside an endless maze, never sure where I am.
G
I have no hole to crawl back to.
C E7 Am F G
I'm a turtle without a shell, a fish out of water, and I just wanna be killed.
C E7 Am F G
Fuck your righteous "it gets better"s, you don't who I am, do me a favor, shut your fucking mouth.
C E7 Am F
Make me forget about the knives pressed to my throat.
G
Make me forget about the murders of people I know.
Dm G C E7 Am D7 F G
My parents love me more than I could probably ever imagine so I'll never leave them.
G
I have nowhere to go.
C E7 Am F G
C E7 Am F G
C E7 Am F G
We could kill 15 birds with one stone, or feed 1 bird with 2 plates and we will choose the latter.
C E7 Am F G
This wealth we have can't be spread too thin, at least that's what we tell ourselves to feel
better...
C E7 Am F G
There are answers to these questions inside our actions but we're too scared to leave our homes.
C E7 Am F G
I'm afraid of where I come from, but I'm even more afraid of where I go.
Dm G C E7 Am D7 F G
We try so damn hard to be honest with ourselves about how we feel.
G
I'm a liar.
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BYZ
BZB
BZN
C Duncan
C.S.I.
C.T. Fernando
C.W. McCall
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