JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Serpentine Prison" adalah lagu ballad rock yang dilantunkan oleh Matt Berninger.
Lagu ini menandakan singel solo debutnya pada 2020 lalu.
Lagu yang dimuat dalam album berjudul sama ini Matt tulis pada Desember 2018 ketika band-nya, The National, selesai melakukan proses rekaman.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Distant Axis dari Matt Berninger
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Serpentine Prison" dari Matt Berninger.
[Verse 1]
G#m E
I see the starlight through the clouds
B F#
Why won't anybody listen to me?
G#m E
Don't make me say?it?again out loud
B F#
Big Star are doing Don't Worry Baby
G#m E
Bipolar pride, swim in the tide
B F#
Keep your deadhead above and your chin up
G#m E
You're gonna have a pretty hard time
B F#
Without drugs, without love
[Chorus 1]
E B
Total submission, I've seen a vision
E B
Everyone's screaming, I've been daydreaming
E B
Sorry I'm fishing without permission
G#m C#
Tell her I'm missing in a serpentine prison
[Verse 2]
G#m E
Don't try to connect the dots anymore
B F#
Let them go, they're gonna do it on their own
G#m E
Tell me that I'm not in this alone
B F#
And I, I'm so sorry, I don't know why I'm slow
G#m E
I feel like an impersonation of you
B F#
Or am I doing another version of you doing me?
G#m E
Nobody's ever really thinking about us
B F#
Half as much as we want them to be
[Chorus 2]
E B
Total frustration, deterioration
E B
Nationalism, another moon mission
E B
Total submission, I've seen a vision
G#m C#
Call electrician, serpentine prison
[Chorus 3]
E B
Whatever it is I try not to listen
E B
Cold cynicism and blind nihilism
E B
I need a vacation from intoxication
G#m C#
Tell her I'm missing in a serpentine prison
[Verse 3]
G#m E
I've been picking my kid up from school
B F#
Smelling like girl scout cookies and drool
G#m E
I still crawl up to you every night
B F#
Do not forgive me, I'm a reptile
G#m E
You say I'm a lot, I'm hard to take
B F#
I think you're just drinking the water
G#m E
I walk into walls and I lay awake
B F#
I don't want to give it to my daughter
[Kembali ke Chorus 1, 2 dan 3]
[Chorus/Outro]
E B
Total submission, I've seen a vision
E B
Everyone's screaming, I've been daydreaming
E B
Sorry I'm fishing without permission
G#m C#
Tell her I'm missing in a serpentine prison