Excavate Macklemore
[Cborus: Saint Claire]
[Em]
F[G]ill my lungs up, po[C]ur my heart out, pe[Em]el my bones away
C[G]rack my window, sh[C]ed my shadow, [G]excavate my pain[Em]
[Verse 1: Macklemore]
[G]If I could read the world my notebook and these thoughts in it
[C]Would they judge me or love me for what I've written?
[Em]Tryna get closer to[G] spirit that enters the body
[C]It's the vessel like I'm not in it
[Em]In fifty-something years, I[G] won't be here
[C]There'll be a kid with some headphones coverin' his ears
[Em]Walkin' 'round a hallway, d[G]reamin' of ideas
[C]Find himself in the sound 'cause music is a mirror
[Em]What you looking for? W[G]hat you headed towards?
[C]What's your name worth when they mention yours?
[Em]When you leave here, a[G]re you stepping forward?
[C]Can you remember your intention when they question yours?
[G]They're gonna question yours, they're gonna question yours
I'[C]ve been to rock bottom and I'm headed North
[Em]If you don't love yourself, what's the r[G]espect for?
If you don'[C]t love life, the check won't correct yours
Excavate
[Cborus: Saint Claire]
[G]Fill my lungs up, [C]pour my heart out, [Em]peel my bones away
[G]Crack my window, s[C]hed my shadow, e[Em]xcavate my pain
[G]And I found peace[C]
And I found [Em]peace
And I [G]found peace
[Verse 2: Macklemore]
[G]I had this vision of my death
Surrounded by people I[C] love and respect
In the baby blue [Em]Cadillac hearse
[G]Pullin' me 'round the[C] block that I rep
The greatest fear [Em]that I've ever kept[G]
[C]Is dying with regrets
Like was I just [Em]alive for success?[G]
Or did I leave a better [C]life for the rest?[Em]
My greatest achiev[G]ement isn't the dollars
[C]My greatest achievement isn't the followers[Em]
My greatest achiev[G]ement isn't the accolades
[C]My greatest achievement is my daughter
[Em]Wakin' up in the morning, [G]bein' a father
[C]Watchin' the light kiss her eyelids
[Em]Hearin' her [G]sing along to Chance
[C]And bein' like, "Yeah, that's my kid"
[G]The light started to glow
[C]And the saxophone from Coltrane started to blow
[Em]Tender, laying in the snow, t[G]urn on my headphones
[C]Couple miles to go before I run out of road
[G]Excavate
[Cborus: Saint Claire]
[G]Fill my lungs up, p[C]our my heart out, [Em]peel my bones away
C[G]rack my window, [C]shed my shadow, e[Em]xcavate my pain
[G]And I found peace[C]
And I found [Em]peace
And I [G]found peace[C]
And i found [Em]peace
[Outro: Macklemore]
[G]Hold me up into the light and s[C]tudy every part of me
I'm an o[Em]pen book, no, I d[G]on't mind, but so[C]metimes I'm hard to read
Just f[Em]lesh and bone, I'm h[G]eaded home, but this l[C]ife is so hard to leave
But w[Em]ho am I when they cu[G]t the lights and n[C]obody's watching me?
Ho[G]ld me up into the light and st[C]udy every part of me
I'm an op[Em]en book, no, I do[G]n't mind, but so[C]metimes I'm hard to read
Just fl[Em]esh and bone, I'm he[G]aded home, but this li[C]fe is so hard to leave
But wh[Em]o am I when they c[G]ut the lights and [C]nobody's watching me?
G[G]emini [C] [Em]
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