Biography:
Better Oblivion Community Center is a collaborative project between Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes, Desaparecidos, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band) and Phoebe Bridgers (boygenius) currently signed to Dead Oceans. After a cryptic media campaign featuring cult-like messaging on flyers and bus stop benches, Better Oblivion Community Center released its surprise, eponymous LP on January 23, 2019 with a debut appearance on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
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[Verse 1]
D G
My telephone, it doesn't have a camera
D G
If it did I'd take a picture of myself
D G
If it did I'd take a picture of the water
F#m
And the man on the offramp
G D
Holding up the sign that's asking me for help
[Verse 2]
D G
I got a job and I'll work here for the summer
D G
I fold the towels and set them by the pool
D G
Everyone looks happy with each other
F#m G
'Til they step away and say the thing they really meant
D
They always sound so cruel
[Chorus 1]
A G
I didn't know what I was in for
D G
When I signed up for that run
A G
There's no way I'm curing cancer
Em
But I'll sweat it out
G D
I feel so proud now for all the good I've done
[Verse 3]
D G
I know a girl who owns a boutique in the city
D G
Selling clothes to the fashionably late
D G
Says she cries at the news but doesn't really
F#m
Cause it's too much fun, there's too much time
G D
And too much plastic money to be made
[Chorus 2]
A G
I didn't know what I was in for
D G
When they took my belt and strings
A G
They told me I'd gone crazy
Em
My arms are strapped in a straight jacket
G D
So I couldn't save those TV refugees
[Bridge]
Bm
When they're on their backs
F#m
In a bloody bath
D
Full of Sarin gas
A
On a screen
[Chorus]
Bm G
I didn't know what I was in for
D G
When I laid out in the sun
A G
We get burned for being honest
Em G D
I've really never done anything, for anyone
[Verse 4]
D G
To fall asleep I need white noise to distract me
D G
Otherwise I have to listen to me think
A Em
Otherwise I pace around, hold my breath, let it out
F#m
Sit on the couch and think about
G
How living's just a promise that I made
D G
My telephone, it doesn't have a camera
D G
If it did I'd take a picture of myself
D G
If it did I'd take a picture of the water
F#m
And the man on the offramp
G D
Holding up the sign that's asking me for help
[Verse 2]
D G
I got a job and I'll work here for the summer
D G
I fold the towels and set them by the pool
D G
Everyone looks happy with each other
F#m G
'Til they step away and say the thing they really meant
D
They always sound so cruel
[Chorus 1]
A G
I didn't know what I was in for
D G
When I signed up for that run
A G
There's no way I'm curing cancer
Em
But I'll sweat it out
G D
I feel so proud now for all the good I've done
[Verse 3]
D G
I know a girl who owns a boutique in the city
D G
Selling clothes to the fashionably late
D G
Says she cries at the news but doesn't really
F#m
Cause it's too much fun, there's too much time
G D
And too much plastic money to be made
[Chorus 2]
A G
I didn't know what I was in for
D G
When they took my belt and strings
A G
They told me I'd gone crazy
Em
My arms are strapped in a straight jacket
G D
So I couldn't save those TV refugees
[Bridge]
Bm
When they're on their backs
F#m
In a bloody bath
D
Full of Sarin gas
A
On a screen
[Chorus]
Bm G
I didn't know what I was in for
D G
When I laid out in the sun
A G
We get burned for being honest
Em G D
I've really never done anything, for anyone
[Verse 4]
D G
To fall asleep I need white noise to distract me
D G
Otherwise I have to listen to me think
A Em
Otherwise I pace around, hold my breath, let it out
F#m
Sit on the couch and think about
G
How living's just a promise that I made
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