The Chair Still Rocks

[Intro — one bar of air before vocal]

(ah)

[Verse 1]

I climbed a tree above the tents

Festival lights, no room, no rest

The branches held me like a quiet throne

A secret spot I kept my own

Someone asked if they could take my place

I smiled and turned my face

[Pre-Chorus]

I fell asleep with the ground below

The bark still warm, the wind still slow

[Chorus]

And the whole world's on a chair

Rocking somewhere, rolling somewhere

We laugh, we fall, we land in the sky

The chair still rocks

The chair still rocks

[Verse 2]

I dreamed a rooftop restaurant

Same faces I would cook for at dawn

I served the food that came from me

It slipped my hands, I couldn't see

The skyline leaned, the floor went thin

I gripped the rail and let it spin

[Chorus]

And the whole world's on a chair

Rocking somewhere, rolling somewhere

We laugh, we fall, we land in the sky

The chair still rocks

The chair still rocks

[Verse 3]

Morning came, a camp cup fell

Hit the root, I heard the bell

I picked it up, I set it down

The dream was somewhere on the ground

I made the salad for the waking crowd

Under leaves, without a sound

[Verse 4]

[leave the last two lines unresolved]

New guests come with city eyes

Like they rolled off a chair and out of the sky

They set their bags down on the grass

Like the ground was built to last

[instrumental drops out]

The kettle sings, the fire is lit (ooh)

A zipper opens (ah), someone sits

[no resolution, let it hang into the bridge]

[Bridge]

Somewhere a leg scrapes the floor

Somewhere a hand lets go

Somewhere a room keeps tipping forward

And nobody says so

[Outro]

The chair still rocks

The world still rolls

Nobody knows, nobody knows

We pass the salad, we pass the time

Up in a tree, up in a tree

The chair still rocks

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