Biography:
Lower Dens are an indie rock band from Baltimore, Maryland formed in 2010. Formed by Jana Hunter, the band has released three albums: their debut on Gnomonsong records and a follow up albums on Ribbon Music.
The record as a whole begs for an assessment of all the flaws inherent in our existence, and to imagine a better, more suitable, logical way for humanity to live.” So says Lower Dens leader Jana Hunter about the band’s stunning new album Nootropics.
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Intro: Drum intro followed by E (played until about the 50 second mark), C#m
E, C#m, E
Verse 1
E
Starting the day
Staying awake
C#m
Everything will change
E
While you're asleep
While you're breathing
Do you believe
C#m
No one is waiting
E C#m, E
Brains without names
Instrumental Break:
Bsus4, B, F#, G#, G#m, B, E (Listen closely for chord changes)
Verse 2:
G#m B
I found myself turning back to look at the seas of people beneath me
E G#m
Betrayed the design by release of immature emotion
B
I went to work, had my suit jacket and hat in hand
A gate's crashed and flung wide
E G#m
Used by our servants, heads are hanging.
I went to church and forgot i ever could believe
B
Questions for the past
E
of their clear minds
G#m
Were their thoughts without designation and division
Something desperate's up my sleeve
B E
And no lines allow for mapping
Cause I close my eyes
G#m
and feel the teeth of the machine
B E
Walking on, us underneath, ever harder to believe
G#m
I was ever holding my suit jacket and hat in hand
B
Your nightmares/your creation
E G#m
i objected with a knife and when I finally let my guard down
B E G#m
i was in the middle of the sea and drowning, drowning, drowning, yeah?
Instrumental Break:
E, C#m around 3:41, E, C#m, E
E
Don't be afraid
Don't be afraid
C#m
Everything will change
E
While you're asleep
While you're breathing
Do you believe
C#m
No one is waiting
E
Brains without names
C#m, E, C#m, E
E, C#m, E
Verse 1
E
Starting the day
Staying awake
C#m
Everything will change
E
While you're asleep
While you're breathing
Do you believe
C#m
No one is waiting
E C#m, E
Brains without names
Instrumental Break:
Bsus4, B, F#, G#, G#m, B, E (Listen closely for chord changes)
Verse 2:
G#m B
I found myself turning back to look at the seas of people beneath me
E G#m
Betrayed the design by release of immature emotion
B
I went to work, had my suit jacket and hat in hand
A gate's crashed and flung wide
E G#m
Used by our servants, heads are hanging.
I went to church and forgot i ever could believe
B
Questions for the past
E
of their clear minds
G#m
Were their thoughts without designation and division
Something desperate's up my sleeve
B E
And no lines allow for mapping
Cause I close my eyes
G#m
and feel the teeth of the machine
B E
Walking on, us underneath, ever harder to believe
G#m
I was ever holding my suit jacket and hat in hand
B
Your nightmares/your creation
E G#m
i objected with a knife and when I finally let my guard down
B E G#m
i was in the middle of the sea and drowning, drowning, drowning, yeah?
Instrumental Break:
E, C#m around 3:41, E, C#m, E
E
Don't be afraid
Don't be afraid
C#m
Everything will change
E
While you're asleep
While you're breathing
Do you believe
C#m
No one is waiting
E
Brains without names
C#m, E, C#m, E
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