Sufjan Stevens - Exploding whale

^FI'm nobody's friend^{Dm Dm}Loneliness rides in my be^Gm7d ^Gm7My misfortune^{A# A#}Give everything you've got^{Am Am}While the sun burns ^A#hot ^A#My addiction ^CSpoils my affection ^CFor everything g^Food

^FElephant in the room^{Dm Dm}Might as well shoot at the m^Gm7oon ^Gm7The mild ambition^{A# A#}Give everything you've got^{Am Am}Jump the Fosbury ^A#flop with intention Pur^Csue your invention ^CAs something of w^Gmorth

^GmThe thing I most reg^Fret ^FIs having to re^Cpress what I'm feeling While ex^Dmpressing de^Clight as a ^A#myth ^A#Embrace the epic f^Amail ^AmOf my exploding ^A#whale ^C

^FPoison or powdered milk (^Dmpoison or powdered milk) ^DmParalyzed as it ^Gtook (paralyzed as it took) ^GPremonition (^A#that is what we are) ^A#Give everything you've got^{Am Am}Before your life is ^A#caught in conditions Be the ^Cfirst of its victims The foot of a ^Fhare

^FAction or consequence (^Dmaction or consequence) ^DmMy unyielding de^Gfense (my unyielding defense) ^GSuperstition (^A#that is what we are) ^A#My attempts to ob^Amscure ^AmThe wonders of this ^A#world ^A#Be it fortune Or ^Cfaith in distortion ^CThe patron of ^A#prayer

^A#The thing I most re^Fsent ^FIs having to con^Csent to illusion While con^Dmfessing di^Cstress with my ^A#fist ^A#Will history pre^Amvail? ^AmMy exploding w^A#hale ^C

^FWhat of a dream deferre^Dmd ^DmMy appeal in rev^Gm7erse Appariti^A#on ^A#Embrace the epic f^Amail ^AmOf my exploding wh^A#ale ^C