JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - “The Background” merupakan sebuah lagu yang dibawakan oleh band rock asal Amerika Serikat, Third Eye Blind.
Lagu tersebut muncul dalam debut album mereka yang bertajuk Third Eye Blind.
Bergenre pop-rock, album tersebut dirilis pada 8 April 1997 melalui label Elektra Records.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Blinded When I See You - Third Eye Blind
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “The Background” dari Third Eye Blind.
[Intro]
[D G D G]
[D G D G]
[Verse 1]
D G D G
Everything is quiet since you're not around
D G
And I live in the numbness
G D Bm A
In the background
D G
I do the things we did before
D G
I walk haight street to the store
D
And they say where's that crazy girl
G
You don't get drunk on red wine and fight no more
D G
I don't see you anymore since the hospital
[Chorus]
A
The plans I make still have you in them
Bm A D
Cause you come swimming into view
Bm
And I'm hanging on your words
A D
Like I always used to do
Bm
The words they use so lightly
A D
I only feel for you
Bm G
I only know because I carry you around
N.C D G
In the background
D G
I'm in the background
[Verse 2]
D G
Words they come and memories all repeat
D G
I lift your head while they change the hospital sheets
D
And I would never lie to you no
G
I would never lie to you no
D G
I felt you long after we were through, we were through
[Chorus]
A
The plans I make still have you in them
Bm A D
Cause you come swimming into view
Bm
And I'm hanging on your words
A D
Like I always used to do
Bm
The words they use so lightly
A D
I only feel for you
Bm G
I only know because I carry you around
N.C
In the background
[Bridge]
[D G D G]
A
Cause I felt you long after we were through
[Solo]
[Bm G Bm G Bm G]
[Chorus]
Bm A D
Well you come swimming into view
Bm
And I'm hanging on your words
A D
Like I always used to do
Bm
The words they use so lightly
A D
I only feel to you
D
I only know because
G G
I'm way Im way in the background
D
I'm in the background