Song Gone Wrong Lyrics

I wanted to show you

That i could write a pretty song

But just so you know

In these major keys i don't belong

Maybe I'll sing

Diminished just once in a while

So that this thing

Will feel less forced and more my style

Talking in tongues

A message draped in mystery

From songs that we've sung

Pulled from the scores of history

Placement of prose

A single chord is carrying

The weight of these words

Those kids back in Hali

Man they love their xylophones

But down in the alley

We can't relate angelic tones

To wicked worlds

Pouring out ourselves into the

Minor chords

Ones that make the words ring true

I wanted to show you

That I could write a happy song

But just so you know

These major keys just feel all wrong

Maybe I'll sing

Diminished just once in a while

So that this thing

Will feel less forced and more my style

I find it hard to show

Just what makes me feel this way

I guess i'm ashamed

When i've got nothing good to say

And i reach down inside

All i find is growing cold

The deeper I go

The further from the breathing hole

I wanted to show

I could sing a joyous song

So all of the kids

Up in the north end could sing along

But if i tried to make nice

With all those things that steered me wrong

Back in the valley

They'd wonder where the feelings gone