Biography:
Tall Heights is an American electro-folk duo based in Boston, MA. The group formed in 2009 and consists of singer/guitarist Tim Harrington and singer/cellist Paul Wright. Recent touring has also featured percussionist/singer Paul Dumas.
In the summer of 2010, Harrington and Wright were playing for spare change in Boston’s Faneuil Hall Marketplace. In two short years since, Tall Heights has headlined packed listening rooms across New England, toured down to Austin
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[intro]
G
[verse]
C
If it was only in our heads, only in our dreams
G
Nothing we ever spoke of, nothing evergreen
C
you know I dreamed we were hunted by lions, bursting for air
so we hid out in the brambles and played like we were dead
G D
never terrified of what that might mean
[chorus]
Em C G
Why is it clinging to life, this longing that should now be dead?
Em D G
Why do I need you, feeling your claws in my back?
Em C G
I've got a few ideas and an image of you in my bed
[verse]
C
If it was only a mirage, a hopeless scene
G
Nothing close to water, nothing so serene
C
you know I dreamed we were walking a wire across a ravine
locked in on each other and then I hear you scream
G D
but I never saw you open your mouth
[chorus]
Em C G
Why is it clinging to life, this longing that should now be dead?
Em D G
Why do I need you, feeling your claws in my back?
Em C G
I've got a few ideas and an image of you in my bed
[instrumental]
G C Em D G Em C G
[verse]
C
If it was only for the foolish, decision to careen
G
Nothing that you walk from, nothing so clean
C
you know I dreamed of the end of the world, that whole nightmare routine
I found you in the closet with your mother's old tureen
G D
You said there's one fear I had not confirmed
[final chorus]
Em C G
Why is it clinging to life, this longing that should now be dead?
Em D G
Why do I need you, feeling your claws in my back?
Em C G
I've got a few ideas and an image of you in my bed
Em C G
I've got two ideas, and an image of your claws in my back
G
[verse]
C
If it was only in our heads, only in our dreams
G
Nothing we ever spoke of, nothing evergreen
C
you know I dreamed we were hunted by lions, bursting for air
so we hid out in the brambles and played like we were dead
G D
never terrified of what that might mean
[chorus]
Em C G
Why is it clinging to life, this longing that should now be dead?
Em D G
Why do I need you, feeling your claws in my back?
Em C G
I've got a few ideas and an image of you in my bed
[verse]
C
If it was only a mirage, a hopeless scene
G
Nothing close to water, nothing so serene
C
you know I dreamed we were walking a wire across a ravine
locked in on each other and then I hear you scream
G D
but I never saw you open your mouth
[chorus]
Em C G
Why is it clinging to life, this longing that should now be dead?
Em D G
Why do I need you, feeling your claws in my back?
Em C G
I've got a few ideas and an image of you in my bed
[instrumental]
G C Em D G Em C G
[verse]
C
If it was only for the foolish, decision to careen
G
Nothing that you walk from, nothing so clean
C
you know I dreamed of the end of the world, that whole nightmare routine
I found you in the closet with your mother's old tureen
G D
You said there's one fear I had not confirmed
[final chorus]
Em C G
Why is it clinging to life, this longing that should now be dead?
Em D G
Why do I need you, feeling your claws in my back?
Em C G
I've got a few ideas and an image of you in my bed
Em C G
I've got two ideas, and an image of your claws in my back
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