[Intro]
Bm G F#m
(2x)
[Verse 1]
Bm A F#m
I don’t live in a time
G D Em
Where the truth prevails
Bm A F#m
Things just seem to happen
G D Em
On an escalating scale
Bm A F#m
They play you for a fool
G D Em
To weaken your resolve
Bm A F#m
Drowning you in details
G D Em
To make you miss the whole
[Chorus]
Bm F# D E
Sunbeams and forget-me-nots
Bm F# D E
Beads of amber, parking lots
Bm F# D E
From your view you see a lot
G D A
What you really see
G A7 Em
Forest for the trees
[Instrumental]
Bm G F#m
(2x)
[Verse 2]
Bm A F#m
I don’t live in a world
G D Em
Big on clarity
Bm A F#m
The way it’s coming at us
G D Em
So relentlessly
Bm A F#m
Where does one thing end
G D Em
And the next one start
Bm A F#m
And where to begin
G D Em
To keep it all apart
[Chorus]
Bm F# D E
Sunbeams and forget-me-nots
Bm F# D E
Keys are in the flower pot
Bm F# D E
A rider brings his horse to trot
G D A
All is lost on me
G A7 Em
Forest for the trees
[Instrumental]
Bm G F#m
(2x)
[Chorus]
Bm F# D E
Sunbeams & forget-me-nots
Bm F# D E
Awoken by a rifle shot
Bm F# D E
From your view you see a lot
G D A
But never the whole piece
G A7 Em
Forest for the trees
Bm F# D E
We’re running out of movie-plots
Bm F# D E
Your stomach’s tied into a knot
Bm F# D E
Crackles as the needle drops
G D A
On a somber melody
G D A
A heartbreak elegy
G D A
Unsurprisingly
G A7 Em
Called ‘Forest for the trees’
[Ending]
Bm G F#m Bm
i don’t live in a time
where the truth prevails
things just seem to happen
on an escalating scale
they play you for a fool
to weaken your resolve
drowning you in details
to make you miss the whole
sunbeams & forget+me+nots
beads of amber, parking lots
from your view you see a lot
what you really see
forest for the trees
i don’t live in a world
big on clarity
the way it’s coming at us
so relentlessly
where does one thing end
and the next one start
and where to begin
to keep it all apart
sunbeams & forget+me+nots
keys are in the flower pot
a rider brings his horse to trot
all is lost on me
forest for the trees
sunbeams & forget+me+nots
awoken by a rifle shot
from your view you see a lot
but never the whole piece
forest for the trees
we’re running out of movie+plots
your stomach’s tied into a knot
crackles as the needle drops
on a somber melody
a heartbreak elegy
unsurprisingly
called ‘forest for the trees’
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