Quick laydown of this track written in 2014 titled ‘Welcome to Medway’ and based some of the basic people there fronting while folding in reality. Adapted and re-written 2024.
Intro: E C E C
Verse 1: E C A Am
I’m making some headway, still can’t believe what I’ve seen
This mental health population – emptiness in a grin
Now they tell a good story, I’m sure they doing well
But is this life a stage show, or a living hell?
Pre chorus:
G C Am D (E)
So go on go pretend, if that’s what gets you through the day
A little bit of crazy keeps you sane (D) __________ (E)…
Verse 2:
But what about your game? is it just like mine?
Are you mentally healthy, or in steep decline?
Mother’s true little helper, a little yellow pill
Anti-depressant comfort, drop a few for the chill
Pre chorus: G C Am D (E)
So go on go pretend, if that’s what gets you through the day
A little bit of crazy keeps you sane (D) It’s all a game (E)…
Verse 3:
Daddy’s ducking and diving, hustles every day
Mummy’s scared of the guvnor, send the kids off to play
So then the green goes white and… and then the lights burn blue
Shoulda stuck with the boozing, a bit of bird for you
Full Chorus: G C Am D
So go on, go pretend, if that’s what gets you through the day
A little bit a crazy keeps you sane (low) It’s all a game
So go on, go pretend, cos that’s what gets us through today
A little bit a crazy keeps me sane (high) It’s all a game
Verse 4: (Quiet)
You’re socially locked in. Don’t go outside.
Get your likes on fakebook, validate your life
So show us your new kit, go on, what’d you buy?
Now post your BS lifestyle, and you believe the lies
Full Chorus x 2
G C Am D
Ending:
A little bit of crazy keeps you sane (D)
You’re the game (E)…
