The Escapist Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][Bm][D][G][Bm][A]
[G]

[Verse 1]
[Bm]All these
walls were never [D]really there
[G]Nor the ceiling or the chair
[Bm]I am eking weeks [A]of peace on a beach
[G]I see the breezes weave the trees
These [Bm]walls you find - they're
[D]yours and mine
[G]Confined not by them I
[Bm]I am in times that lie [A]behind my eyelids
The [G]sunsets steal the rising [Bm]silence
I'll not [D]feel no fear

[Verse 2]
[G]
'Cause I'm not really [Bm]here
I'm [A]nowhere [G]near here

[Verse 3]
[Bm]There's no rain on roof that
[D]grates and beats me
My [G]favorite tree breaking
lights to pieces
[Bm]Sprinkling, shaded [A]light on me
[G]Throw a stone as high as you can
And [Bm]hearing with hand not hear it [D]land
Nothing [G]taxing, dusting sand
My [Bm]window and world
[A]spins and twirls
[G]The walls then fall, I recall the sore
[Bm]White clouds white wash
[D]faded spotless
[G]The weighty shadows,
ranges of rocks
[Bm]The cold is all il[A]lusion thought up
[G]The stroll on the shore, snooze and explore
[Bm]All possibilities in e[D]ach new morning
Until [G]satisfied reaching out, yawning
[Bm]Fish in a big dish, [A]some rice and spice
[G]Salt over shoulder never (?)
The [Bm]truth I've told was
[D]si lence sometimes
But [G]who soul does not
hide any crimes
[Bm]Wrapped in walls, en[A]circled by work
[G]The walls fall - this story occurs
No [Bm]barrier, no boundary,
[D]all hours I p[G]lease
The freedom to stay all stray
[Bm]Be fiend or fr[A]iend,
cause no harm but [G]charm - the peaceful [Bm]end
I'll not [D]feel no fear

[Verse 4]
[G][Bm]
[A]'Cause [G]I'm[Bm] not[D]
[G]really her[Bm]e
I'm [A]nowhere [G]near here

[Verse 5]
[Bm]Pale ancient woods,
strewn [D]white sandy bays
[G]This ugly room pales away today
I am [Bm]swimming, in the [A]ocean
I sink slow [G]motion
Fingers, toes floating
[Bm]Every year 'til [D]yesterday
[G]Seeing the eternal setting sea
[Bm]I compare all th[A]is to me
[G]Little fleeting momentary me
I [Bm]blink my eyes, [D]this is reminding me
[G]Life lies in the blink of an eye
[Bm]The old die for reason[A]s, new tide,
four sea[G]sons
New life born is like changing
All [Bm]these walls were really [D]never there
[G]Nor the ceiling or the chair
[Bm]I am eking weeks [A]of peace on a beach
[G]I see the breezes weave the trees
[Bm]I am not here at all[D]
You dearly [G]fooled
I see busheling trees,
[Bm]the shush at the sea
[A]The mischievous
[G]Fluttering seagulls
No!
[Bm]I'm not trapped in a box,[D]
I'm glancing at [G]rocks
I am dancing off docks
[Bm]Since this dance [A]began
[G]That's where [Bm]I[D]
am
[G][Bm][A][G]

[Verse 6]
[Bm]
I'm not [D]feel [G]no fear
Cause I'm not [Bm]really here
I'm [A]nowhere [G]near

[Outro 1]
[Bm][D][G]
[Bm][A][G][Bm][D]
[G][Bm][A][G]