A Shadow Underneath
From the album Singing Bones
[INTRO]
Em B F# B
Oh-oh oh
[VERSE 1]
B E
Lisa heard a whisper in her computer screen
F# B
and the sad laser flicker of the Xerox machine
B E
Out the tinted windows, cars sped silently
F# B
and everything was quiet, everything was clean
[CHORUS]
F# B
But she felt something waiting, a shadow underneath
Em B F# B
Oh-oh oh, a shadow underneath
[VERSE 2]
B E
Another cup of coffee, snacks from the machine
F# B
She stared down the hallway at the plastic trees
B E
Waving under air ducts in the automated breeze
F# B
A whisper, a flicker trembling in the leaves
[CHORUS]
F# B
And she wanted to see it, but she didn't want to see
Em B F# B
Oh-oh oh, she didn't want to see
[VERSE 3]
B E
Down the elevator, falling silently
F# B
in the parking lot, silver puddles gleam
B E
A canyon of buildings, lazy pipes of steam
F# B
And all of it whispered, all of it gleamed
[CHORUS]
F# B
And all the little shadows danced around her feet
Em B F# B
Oh-oh oh, they danced around her feet
F# B
And she wanted to see them, but she didn't want to see
Em B F# B
Oh-oh oh, she didn't want to see
Em B F# B
Oh-oh oh