Boring Dream
Composer: Henning Ohlenbusch
Album: School for the Dead - A Telephone Built for Two


[Verse]
A
Last night I had the most boring dream
A
It went on and on forever it seems
    D            E            A
And I could have sworn it was real
D          E              F#m             A                   E
I could've sworn that the light flickered on when I threw the switch
               E7
That's how you check


[Verse]
A 
When I woke up I was still pretty bored
A
When I woke up I was... still... pretty... bored
    D          E                 A
But I could've sworn this was my life
D          E           F#m        A              E
I could've sworn I was born and I lived and I'm alive
     E7
Am I wrong?


[Chorus]
B          A   B   A  E   E7   A      E     F# 
Somewhere, someone is thinking things about me
    B  A  E                  B
And I, I, I can't understand why
B  A  E                      B                     A
I, I, I don't want to be a pedestrian I want to be king
            F#            B
Just for a while, just to see


[Verse]
A
Last night I had the most dreadful thought
A
Am I the sum of the things I've bought?
    D           E           A
And how could I live with myself?
D           E          F#m          A          E
How could I live with myself if the power went out?
             E7
What would I do?

 
[Chorus]
B          A   B   A  E   E7   A      E     F# 
Somewhere, someone is thinking things about me
    B  A  E                  B
And I, I, I can't understand why
B  A  E                  B                        A
I, I, I don't want to be king, I'll stick with pedestrianism
              F#         B
It just seems safer, and easy.
 

[Bridge]
C#m A  F#m   B
I know, I realize
C#m    A            F#m          B
Around every corner, more beauty lies
C#m A  F#m   B
I know I realize
C#m  A             F#m               B
We extend our arms beneath infinite skies
C#m A  F#m        B
Oh no, what can I do?
C#m       A                 F#m     B
If it's a mid-life crisis at twenty two
C#m            A          F#m        B
Does that mean I'll never see forty five?
C#m A  F#m   B
I know, I realise
C#m     A           F#m          B
Around every corner, more beauty lies
C#m A  F#m   B
I know I realise
C#m   A             F#m               B
We extend our arms beneath infinite skies
C#m A  F#m        B
Oh no, what can I do?
C#m       A                F#m      B
If it's a mid-life crisis at thirty two
C#m            A          F#m       B
Does that mean I'll never see sixty five?



[Verse] 
A
Last night Ihad the most dismal night
A
There was nothing I could say that would make things right
    D           E           A
But I could've sworn I was smart
D           E            F#m          A         E
I could've sworn that my brain was as big as my heart
      E7
Was I wrong?

 

[Chorus]
B          A   B   A  E   E7   A      E     F# 
Somewhere, someone is thinking things about me
    B  A  E                  B
And I, I, I can't understand why
    B  A  E                  B
And I, I, I can't understand why
    B  A  E                  B
And I, I, I can't understand why