Mountains in Kauai, Make me feel so lowly, Cower at their power, Vertical I like
Dizzy under buildings, Bending like their willing, Is it what I'm seeing, Vertical is fright
FGF
[Hard to gain perspective, Often it's perplexing, Reaching for a record, Vertical is sight,]
FGF
[Hanging on a pylon, Dropping from a million, Jumping hill to hill on, Vertical is height]
FG
People live above you, Postured like a totem, Runnin' up some stairs oh, Vertical is might
FG
Stalling on a nose and, Places to propose in, Seeing everything from, Vertical is light
FG
Diamonds of the sky on, Black and endless background, Reaching out to grab them, Vertical at night
FG
My imagination, Reaches to forever, Like an endless tower, So vertical I write
{Pre-Chorus}
F#mGA
So high and still it sends a feeling through me
(Oh up above me falling over)
[Suddenly not vertical]
EDC#m
Breathe in the the air goes through a system that is
(down below me working steady)
[Weary when it's vertical]
F#mGA
A tree we are with limbs extending to the sun
(Single holly finches calling)
[Very lovely vertical]
EDA
Come find me floating up if you should find me gone
(Nice and breezy spirits easy)
[And did you hear a child say?]
{Chorus}
D
My feet can't cross the parking lot
Am
The parking lot is way too hot
[Then everything went vertical]
x4
{Bridge}
BmAG
For me, for me, for me
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
{Verse}
FG
At the tips of cities, Birds are tracing columns, Windows bend in wind, Vertical in flight
FG
Down below a statue, People stand in poses, Making good impressions, Vertical delights
FG
Lying on a trunk, And waiting to be dreaming, Startled by a thumpin, Vertical insight
FG
Lots of people thinkin, Thinking about falling, Nothing but a rope so, Vertical hold tight
{Pre-Chorus}
F#mGA
Sometimes you feel the pressure dropping on you
(Heavy folders daring soldiers)
[Crashing from the vertical]
EDC#m
I start to wonder does this system matter?
(Crumbling boulder couldn't hold her)
[Only if it's vertical]
F#mGA
Even in leaves some creatures build themselves a home
(Ancient maples empty stables)
[Can't always be vertical]
EDA
Lifted above the din their worlds a peaceful dome
(Natures diet finding quiet)
[They don't hear the child say]
{Chorus}
D
My feet can't cross the parking lot
Am
The parking lot is way too hot
[The everything went vertical]
x8
{Outro}
DAmGAm
The parking lot is way too hot
[The everything went vertical]
x8