Biography:
The Classic Crime is a Seattle-based alternative rock band. They released their Tooth & Nail debut album, 'Albatross', in 2006. It marked the fastest first-week sales for a new artist in the history of T&N. The band members are Matt MacDonald (vocals), Justin DuQue (guitar), Robert "Cheeze" Negrin (guitar), Alan Clark (bass), and Paul "Skip" Erickson (drums).
While touring in support of their full-length album Albatross, the band created the Acoustic EP: Seattle Sessions, which was simply a compilation of songs they created while on the road.
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Other songs:
- Coldest Heart
- Seatle
- The Precipice
- A Perfect Voice
- Abracadavers
- Albatross
- Beautiful Darkside
- Black And White
- Broken Mess
- City Of Orphans
- Closer Than We Think
- Dead Rose
- Different Now
- Drink In My Hand
- Everything
- Everything And Nothing
- Far From Home
- Fight
- Four Chords
- Glass Houses
- Headlights
- Heaven And Hell
- Holy Water
- I Know The Feeling
- More
- My Name
- Not Done With You Yet
- Salt In The Snow
- Say The Word
- Seattle
- Selfish
- Sing
- Solar Powered Life
- The Beginning
- The Happy Nihilist
- The Test
- The Way That You Are
- Vagabonds
- Wake Up Shipwreck
- Walk With Me
- We All Look Elsewhere
- What Id Give Up
- Where Did You Go
- Who Needs Air
- You And Me Both
- Young Again
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The Classic Crime - The Happy Nihilist
Tuning: Half Step Down
Am E Dm F (G)
I am a happy nihilist, no absolute truth does exist
Am E Dm
When I decide to shake my fist, I only got myself to blame
F
Cause we’re all players and life's the game
Am
I only take what I need, I am so light on my feet
E
I will not stop or concede, I am not driven by greed
Dm
No moral compass for me, it's all just natural feelings
F
Existence has no meaning, there's no such thing as happy
Am
But late at night when I sleep, I dream of more than I see
E
There's something burning in me, a driving need to be free,
Dm
Why do I sit here and think about the things that I need?
F
There's nothing left to believe, oh is it all just a dream?
Am C Am F 2x Am
F C
I’ve taught this to myself, piled books up on the shelf
Am G
But it still hurts like hell to trust nobody else but me
F C
I’ve taught this to myself, piled books up on the shelf
Am G
But it still hurts like hell to trust nobody else
Am E
I used to read everything, I used to need nothing
Dm F
I put my money on me, I used to be something
Am E Dm F
Now I can’t sleep, cause I’m not happy
Am C Am F 2x Am
F C
I’ve taught this to myself, piled books up on the shelf
Am G
But it still hurts like hell to trust nobody else but me
F C
I’ve taught this to myself, piled books up on the shelf
Am G F
But it still hurts like hell to trust nobody else but me
Am C E F
Whoa oh oh...
Am
Why am I haunted by the metaphysical?
C
Is it a cosmic lie or is it literal?
E
The books I read that used to free my mind
F
Have made me more blind but the truth I’ll find it
Am E
I was a happy nihilist
Dm F
Now I’m wondering why I exist
Am C Am F
Chorus
Tuning: Half Step Down
Am E Dm F (G)
I am a happy nihilist, no absolute truth does exist
Am E Dm
When I decide to shake my fist, I only got myself to blame
F
Cause we’re all players and life's the game
Am
I only take what I need, I am so light on my feet
E
I will not stop or concede, I am not driven by greed
Dm
No moral compass for me, it's all just natural feelings
F
Existence has no meaning, there's no such thing as happy
Am
But late at night when I sleep, I dream of more than I see
E
There's something burning in me, a driving need to be free,
Dm
Why do I sit here and think about the things that I need?
F
There's nothing left to believe, oh is it all just a dream?
Am C Am F 2x Am
F C
I’ve taught this to myself, piled books up on the shelf
Am G
But it still hurts like hell to trust nobody else but me
F C
I’ve taught this to myself, piled books up on the shelf
Am G
But it still hurts like hell to trust nobody else
Am E
I used to read everything, I used to need nothing
Dm F
I put my money on me, I used to be something
Am E Dm F
Now I can’t sleep, cause I’m not happy
Am C Am F 2x Am
F C
I’ve taught this to myself, piled books up on the shelf
Am G
But it still hurts like hell to trust nobody else but me
F C
I’ve taught this to myself, piled books up on the shelf
Am G F
But it still hurts like hell to trust nobody else but me
Am C E F
Whoa oh oh...
Am
Why am I haunted by the metaphysical?
C
Is it a cosmic lie or is it literal?
E
The books I read that used to free my mind
F
Have made me more blind but the truth I’ll find it
Am E
I was a happy nihilist
Dm F
Now I’m wondering why I exist
Am C Am F
Chorus
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