Balance and Composure are an American alternative rock band with melodic punk, post-hardcore, and shoegaze influences from Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The band consists of lead vocalist/guitarist Jonathan 'Jon' Simmons, bassist Matthew Warner, drummer Bailey Van Ellis and guitarists Erik Petersen and Andy Slaymaker. The band formed in the winter of 2007; their first release being a 6-song EP entitled 'I Just Want To Be Pure' in 2008. The EP is now out of print.
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Balance and Composure Quake Separation 2011 Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: B
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used: G#m 466444 E 022100 B x24442 F# 244322 C#m x46654 Ebm x68876
Intro: G#mEG#mEB x2 G#mEF# x4
Verse 1: G#mE Can't complain F# about everything G#mE This one leaves me F# with a permanent G#mEF# stain all over me G#mE I can't take the F# way you look at me G#mE Those eyes could F#G#m never lie The truth EF# will find its way G#mE out In time I'll F#G#m pour it out Until E then I'll keep F#G#mEF# x2 you inside my head
G#mBEC#mEbm
Chorus 1: G#mE Take a look at what's BG#m beneath your feet EB Flowers that once G#m made you smile EB Have turned to stone G#m now they're grinding E B(hold) down your teeth G#mE Walls around your mind BG#m can't keep you safe EBG#m Build them up with steel E and stone and watch BG#mEB your soul escape
Post Chorus: EF#G#m x2
Verse 2: EF#G#m Get through today EF#G#m and know that you are secure EF# Get a grasp on the fact G#m that this is what EF#G#m you're here for E You can quake at F#G#m the thought of it EF#G#m Shakes you up quite a bit EF#G#m And all you do is think and EF#G#m thinking gets you nowhere
Verse 3: G#mEF#G#m Just wait for clarity you EF# say this will all make G#mE sense Just stay here with F#G#mE me I can't take the F# way you look at me G#mEF# Control I have lost G#mE There's no sense in F# clawing myself out G#mE And I know you can't F#E live without taking all F# that's left inside my head
Chorus 2: lower voice G#mE Take a look at what's BG#m beneath your feet EB Flowers that once G#m made you smile EB Have turned to stone G#m now they're grinding EB down your teeth G#mE Walls around your mind BG#m can't keep you safe EBG#m Build them up with steel E and stone and watch BG#mEBG#mEB your soul escape away