THEMES is a U.S. band consisting of Jacy McIntosh and Kelsey Crawford, founded in 2005 in Santa Rosa, California.
In 2007 THEMES relocated to their previous home town, Minneapolis, Minnesota, where they recorded and released their second album War over the Great Plains. The band spent the remainder of the year touring the U.S.
In early 2008 they returned to Minneapolis to record two 7” records with Miniature Record Club: “I Can’t Make You Believe
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Verse 1] Zoe: FC I don’t need you to sell me on reasons to want you FC I don’t need you to search for the proof that I should AmF You don’t have to convince me CG You don’t have to be scared you’re not enough AmCG ‘Cause what we’ve got going is good
FC I don’t need more reminders of all that’s been broken FC I don’t need you to fix what I’d rather forget AmF Clear the slate and start over CG Try to quiet the noises in your head AmCG We can’t compete with all that
[Chorus] C So what if it’s us C What if it’s us and only us FAm And what came before won’t count anymore or matter G Can we try that C What if it’s you and what if it’s me G And what if that’s all that we need it to be DmAm And the rest of the world falls away G What do you say
[Verse 2] Evan: CG I never thought there’d be someone like you who would want me Zoe: Well… Evan: CG So I’d give you ten thousand reasons to not let me go EmC But if you really see me GD If you like me for me and nothing else EmCGD That’s all that I wanted for longer than you could possibly know
[Chorus] G So it can be us it can be us G And only us CEm And what came before won’t count anymore or matter D We can try that
[Bridge] Zoe and Evan GG/F# It’s not so impossible Evan: EmD Nobody else but the two of us here Zoe and Evan CCadd9 ‘Cause you’re saying it’s possible Zoe: EmD We can just watch the whole world disappear Zoe and Evan CEmDCCadd9D Til you’re the only one I still know how to see
[Chorus] Evan: A It’s just you and me Zoe: A It’ll be us it’ll be us A And only us DE And what came before won’t count anymore Zoe and Evan E We can try that A You and me E That’s all that we need it to be Bm And the rest of the world falls away ADBmE And the rest of the world falls away A The world falls away E The world falls away A And it’s only us