Stations (song)

=Additional Information= The song described by Jon: "Stations [is] about getting to a point in your life where you sort of think you've got it together. But then you don't have it together, because you realize that you've still got a lot of growing up to do - or changing you do. It's talking about change I think, which essentially is a theme that runs through a lot of my music. We played it at Gerald Dwyer's funeral and that was pretty fucking nerve-racking. I remember people being pretty easy on us, because we played it real bad." Rip It Up, Aug-Sep 2010.

=Lyrics= These stations are empty So distant I just cant seem to touch them Most of the time You can find safety in the smooth clear surface As cool as a breeze As helpless as this vacant civilisation And the air we breathe In long, slow breaths It got us picking up our power We're free Feeling free

Well I run out of eyes And I run out of hands And I'm moving through spaces I don't understand But the last thing you feel before the end of your fall Is the start of your new life

Show us how to feel Got a fear of flying Been failing for years And now I'm sick of trying Salvation's got a gun No answers there for me No sins left to pay Let's blow this guilt away

Blow it away

As cool as a breeze As helpless as this vacant civilisation And the air we breathe In long, slow breaths It got us picking up Picking up our power We're free, yeah Feeling free

=Tab=

Guitar
Stations (Guitar)

Transcribed by: Silvercup

Tuning: Down 1 whole step (low to high: D, G, C, F, A, D)

Main riff D:- A:- F:-0-0- C:--7--7-7--7---7-7--7---5- G:--5--5-5--4---4-4--4---33---3 d:1---1

Verse: Phil: (with a bit of reverb) D:- A:1-3-3h1-1-1-0h1p0 F:--2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-- C:- G:- d:-

Heavy bridge.........("Show us how to feel").....let the high notes ring out over the E flat

D:0--0- A:0--0- F:- C:---3--3--3-3--3--3--- G:--2-2-2-2-x3--3--3---x-3--3--3--- d:--0-0-0-0-31--1--1---0-0-0-0-3-1--1--1---

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