Biography:
The Spill Canvas started in 2002 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota as a side project for lead singer, Nick Thomas, who at the time, was guitarist and backup vocalist for metalcore outfit Nodes of Ranvier. As time passed, Thomas resigned from Nodes and went full-time with The Spill Canvas. While growing up in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Thomas recorded his first songs at age 15, funded by his father who strongly encouraged his son's evident musical talent.
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Other songs:
- All Over You
- Appreciation And The Bomb
- Our Song
- The Tide
- The Truth
- 3685
- Aim Snap Fall
- All Hail The Heart Breaker
- All Hail The Heartbreaker
- Appreciation
- As Long As It Takes
- Black Dresses
- Bound To Happen
- Burning Up
- Chemicals
- Connect The Dots
- Dust Storm
- Dutch Courage
- Firm Believer
- Flaws
- Gateway Drug
- Himerus Eros
- Low Fidelity
- Lullaby
- Off A Cliff
- Parallels And Money
- Polygraph Right Now
- Rock Bottom
- Saved
- Secret Oath
- Self Conclusion
- So Much
- Staplegunned
- Still Walking After You
- Sunsets And Car Crashes
- Teleport A And B
- This Is For Keeps
- Tide
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Version 1: Using the strumming pattern is crucial to play the song like this
Version 2: For those of you who want play it with your own strumming pattern,
here is the simplified version.
Version 1:
[Intro]
Em C G
Fade in, start the scene
D C
Enter beautiful girl
Em C G
But things are not what they seem
D C Em
As we stand at the edge of the world
[Instrumental]
C G D C
Em C G D Em
[Verse 1]
Em Am Em
"Excuse me, sir
G
But I have plans to die tonight
D G D
Oh, and you are directly in my way
C G C
And I bet you're gonna say it's not right"
G Em
My reply:
"Excuse me, miss
G
But do you have the slightest clue
D
Of exactly what you just said to me
C G
And exactly who you're talking to?"
D
She said, "I don't care, you don't even know me"
G D G D C
I said, "I know but I'd like to change that soon, hopefully"
[Chorus]
Em C G D C
Yeah, we all flirt with the tiniest notion
Em C G D C
Of self conclusion in one simplified motion
Em C G D G
You see the trick is that you're never supposed to act on it
Em C G D C
No matter how unbearable this misery gets
[Instrumental]
Em C G D C Em
[Verse 2]
Em Am Em G
"You make it sound so easy to be alive
D
But tell me, how am I supposed to seize this day
C G
When everything inside of me has died?"
Em
My reply:
Em Am Em
"Trust me, girl
G
I know your legs are pleading to leap
D
But I offer you this easy choice
G C
Instead of dying, living with me"
G D G D
She said, "Are you crazy? You don't even know me."
G D G D C
I said, "I know, but I'd like to change that soon hopefully"
[Chorus]
Em C G D C
Yeah, we all flirt with the tiniest notion
Em C G D C
Of self conclusion in one simplified motion
Em C G D G
You see the trick is that you're never supposed to act on it
Em C G D C
No matter how unbearable this misery gets
[Instrumental]
Em C G D C Em
[Bridge]
Em C
I would be lying if I said that things would never get rough
G D C Em
And all this cliche motivation, it could never be enough
Em D C G
I could stand here all night trying to convince you
But what good would that do?
D C
My offer stands, and you must choose
[Instrumental]
G D Em G D G
[Verse 3]
G C G D
"Alright, you win, but I only give you one night
Em D G D
To prove yourself to be better than my attempt at flight
G D
I swear to God, if you hurt me, I will leap
Em D G
I will toss myself from these very cliffs
D G
And you'll never see it coming"
G D G D
"Settle, precious, I know what you're going through
G D G D C
Just ten minutes before you got here, I was gonna jump too"
[Chorus]
Em C G D C
Yeah, we all flirt with the tiniest notion
Em C G D C
Of self conclusion in one simplified motion
Em C G D G
You see the trick is that you're never supposed to act on it
Em C G D C
No matter how unbearable this misery gets
[Outro]
Em C G D C Em
Version 2:
[Intro]
Em C G
Fade in, start the scene
D C
Enter beautiful girl
Em C G
But things are not what they seem
D C Em
As we stand at the edge of the world
[Instrumental]
C G D
Em C G D
[Verse 1]
Em
"Excuse me, sir
G
But I have plans to die tonight
D
Oh, and you are directly in my way
C
And I bet you're gonna say it's not right"
G Em
My reply:
"Excuse me, miss
G
But do you have the slightest clue
D
Of exactly what you just said to me
C G
And exactly who you're talking to?"
G D G D
She said, "I don't care, you don't even know me"
G D G D C
I said, "I know but I'd like to change that soon, hopefully"
[Chorus]
Em C G D
Yeah, we all flirt with the tiniest notion
Em C G D
Of self conclusion in one simplified motion
Em C G D C
You see the trick is that you're never supposed to act on it
Em C G D
No matter how unbearable this misery gets
[Instrumental]
Em C G D
[Verse 2]
Em
"You make it sound
G
so easy to be alive
D
But tell me, how am I supposed to seize this day
C
When everything inside of me has died?"
G Em
My reply:
Em
"Trust me, girl
G
I know your legs are pleading to leap
D
But I offer you this easy choice
G C
Instead of dying, living with me"
G D G D
She said, "Are you crazy? You don't even know me."
G D G D C
I said, "I know, but I'd like to change that soon hopefully"
[Chorus]
Em C G D
Yeah, we all flirt with the tiniest notion
Em C G D
Of self conclusion in one simplified motion
Em C G D C
You see the trick is that you're never supposed to act on it
Em C G D
No matter how unbearable this misery gets
[Instrumental]
Em C G D
[Bridge]
Em C
I would be lying if I said that things would never get rough
G D C Em
And all this cliche motivation, it could never be enough
Em D C G
I could stand here all night trying to convince you
But what good would that do?
D C
My offer stands, and you must choose
[Instrumental]
G D Em
G D G
[Verse 3]
G C G D
"Alright, you win, but I only give you one night
Em D G D
To prove yourself to be better than my attempt at flight
G D
I swear to God, if you hurt me, I will leap
Em D G
I will toss myself from these very cliffs
D G
And you'll never see it coming"
G D G D
"Settle, precious, I know what you're going through
G D G D C
Just ten minutes before you got here, I was gonna jump too"
[Chorus]
Em C G D
Yeah, we all flirt with the tiniest notion
Em C G D
Of self conclusion in one simplified motion
Em C G D C
You see the trick is that you're never supposed to act on it
Em C G D
No matter how unbearable this misery gets
[Outro]
Em C G D
Em
Version 2: For those of you who want play it with your own strumming pattern,
here is the simplified version.
Version 1:
[Intro]
Em C G
Fade in, start the scene
D C
Enter beautiful girl
Em C G
But things are not what they seem
D C Em
As we stand at the edge of the world
[Instrumental]
C G D C
Em C G D Em
[Verse 1]
Em Am Em
"Excuse me, sir
G
But I have plans to die tonight
D G D
Oh, and you are directly in my way
C G C
And I bet you're gonna say it's not right"
G Em
My reply:
"Excuse me, miss
G
But do you have the slightest clue
D
Of exactly what you just said to me
C G
And exactly who you're talking to?"
D
She said, "I don't care, you don't even know me"
G D G D C
I said, "I know but I'd like to change that soon, hopefully"
[Chorus]
Em C G D C
Yeah, we all flirt with the tiniest notion
Em C G D C
Of self conclusion in one simplified motion
Em C G D G
You see the trick is that you're never supposed to act on it
Em C G D C
No matter how unbearable this misery gets
[Instrumental]
Em C G D C Em
[Verse 2]
Em Am Em G
"You make it sound so easy to be alive
D
But tell me, how am I supposed to seize this day
C G
When everything inside of me has died?"
Em
My reply:
Em Am Em
"Trust me, girl
G
I know your legs are pleading to leap
D
But I offer you this easy choice
G C
Instead of dying, living with me"
G D G D
She said, "Are you crazy? You don't even know me."
G D G D C
I said, "I know, but I'd like to change that soon hopefully"
[Chorus]
Em C G D C
Yeah, we all flirt with the tiniest notion
Em C G D C
Of self conclusion in one simplified motion
Em C G D G
You see the trick is that you're never supposed to act on it
Em C G D C
No matter how unbearable this misery gets
[Instrumental]
Em C G D C Em
[Bridge]
Em C
I would be lying if I said that things would never get rough
G D C Em
And all this cliche motivation, it could never be enough
Em D C G
I could stand here all night trying to convince you
But what good would that do?
D C
My offer stands, and you must choose
[Instrumental]
G D Em G D G
[Verse 3]
G C G D
"Alright, you win, but I only give you one night
Em D G D
To prove yourself to be better than my attempt at flight
G D
I swear to God, if you hurt me, I will leap
Em D G
I will toss myself from these very cliffs
D G
And you'll never see it coming"
G D G D
"Settle, precious, I know what you're going through
G D G D C
Just ten minutes before you got here, I was gonna jump too"
[Chorus]
Em C G D C
Yeah, we all flirt with the tiniest notion
Em C G D C
Of self conclusion in one simplified motion
Em C G D G
You see the trick is that you're never supposed to act on it
Em C G D C
No matter how unbearable this misery gets
[Outro]
Em C G D C Em
Version 2:
[Intro]
Em C G
Fade in, start the scene
D C
Enter beautiful girl
Em C G
But things are not what they seem
D C Em
As we stand at the edge of the world
[Instrumental]
C G D
Em C G D
[Verse 1]
Em
"Excuse me, sir
G
But I have plans to die tonight
D
Oh, and you are directly in my way
C
And I bet you're gonna say it's not right"
G Em
My reply:
"Excuse me, miss
G
But do you have the slightest clue
D
Of exactly what you just said to me
C G
And exactly who you're talking to?"
G D G D
She said, "I don't care, you don't even know me"
G D G D C
I said, "I know but I'd like to change that soon, hopefully"
[Chorus]
Em C G D
Yeah, we all flirt with the tiniest notion
Em C G D
Of self conclusion in one simplified motion
Em C G D C
You see the trick is that you're never supposed to act on it
Em C G D
No matter how unbearable this misery gets
[Instrumental]
Em C G D
[Verse 2]
Em
"You make it sound
G
so easy to be alive
D
But tell me, how am I supposed to seize this day
C
When everything inside of me has died?"
G Em
My reply:
Em
"Trust me, girl
G
I know your legs are pleading to leap
D
But I offer you this easy choice
G C
Instead of dying, living with me"
G D G D
She said, "Are you crazy? You don't even know me."
G D G D C
I said, "I know, but I'd like to change that soon hopefully"
[Chorus]
Em C G D
Yeah, we all flirt with the tiniest notion
Em C G D
Of self conclusion in one simplified motion
Em C G D C
You see the trick is that you're never supposed to act on it
Em C G D
No matter how unbearable this misery gets
[Instrumental]
Em C G D
[Bridge]
Em C
I would be lying if I said that things would never get rough
G D C Em
And all this cliche motivation, it could never be enough
Em D C G
I could stand here all night trying to convince you
But what good would that do?
D C
My offer stands, and you must choose
[Instrumental]
G D Em
G D G
[Verse 3]
G C G D
"Alright, you win, but I only give you one night
Em D G D
To prove yourself to be better than my attempt at flight
G D
I swear to God, if you hurt me, I will leap
Em D G
I will toss myself from these very cliffs
D G
And you'll never see it coming"
G D G D
"Settle, precious, I know what you're going through
G D G D C
Just ten minutes before you got here, I was gonna jump too"
[Chorus]
Em C G D
Yeah, we all flirt with the tiniest notion
Em C G D
Of self conclusion in one simplified motion
Em C G D C
You see the trick is that you're never supposed to act on it
Em C G D
No matter how unbearable this misery gets
[Outro]
Em C G D
Em
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