Chords for The 1975 "I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)" Official Lyrics & Meaning | Verified
Tempo:
109.6 bpm
Chords used:
Em
Ab
Bb
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Em] The idea of wanting to die has become a big meme now.
This whole thing is exhausting.
Not only the grand ideas of life, just the trudge of the day to day.
It's fucking exhausting.
People are so scared about talking about those kind of ideas as well.
The idea of wanting to kill yourself.
Everyone wants to kill themselves at some point.
There's wanting to do it or whatever you say, and there's planning to do it.
It's very different things.
And I would urge anybody who's ever planned it to really, really seek help and talk about it openly.
[Ab] In my house, with my acoustic guitar, very seldom are songs written like that for me.
It's normally a lot more stylistic, bigger kind of process, but this was quite a humble thing.
I think you can kind of feel that.
It felt quite British and I really wanted to take it there, but I have a lot of love
for big American rock, especially of late 90s, early 2000s.
The idea of feeling complete or being a grown up.
These are like places that you arrive.
It's a complete myth, and I think a lot of the human experience is spent not quite understanding
why you haven't reached there.
Your memories are sceneries for things you said but never really meant.
When you're approaching life from wanting to be really, really sincere, it's difficult
to reconcile the amount of times that you've lied to yourself or to other people.
We'll have religion, right?
As long as people are scared of dying.
I don't have that religious perspective, so for me, it's a bit like, what happens after you die?
I don't fear death because there's nothing to fear.
It's merely not existing.
[Bb]
You know all that bullshit that's going on with you?
If there was a light switch that just said off, would you touch it? Going, maybe.
Everyone fucking thinks that, man.
And it's not cowardly or dark or anything.
It's just part of life.
[Am] [N]
Is my identity constructed by my geographical location and the things that I've experienced
because of that?
That's one of the fundamental problems that I have with religion.
They're all monotheistic, right?
So each one says, this is the one.
But you're born into it.
What?
So say if you're a Christian in America, if you're born in India, you'd be Hindu.
Saudi Arabia, you'd be Muslim.
If you're born in Norway 500 years ago, you'd believe in Thor.
How is this a qualification process for the validity of scripture?
It doesn't make any sense.
Am I me through where I'm from?
Definitely.
You're gonna have good times, you're gonna have bad times, but mainly you're just gonna
be singing sad songs.
It's not an excuse to anchor yourself down.
If you anchor yourself down, you're just gonna take people down with you.
You can't just give up and then expect everybody to drag you along with them.
Do you know what I mean?
It's like you've got to put a bit of effort in.
[Em]
This whole thing is exhausting.
Not only the grand ideas of life, just the trudge of the day to day.
It's fucking exhausting.
People are so scared about talking about those kind of ideas as well.
The idea of wanting to kill yourself.
Everyone wants to kill themselves at some point.
There's wanting to do it or whatever you say, and there's planning to do it.
It's very different things.
And I would urge anybody who's ever planned it to really, really seek help and talk about it openly.
[Ab] In my house, with my acoustic guitar, very seldom are songs written like that for me.
It's normally a lot more stylistic, bigger kind of process, but this was quite a humble thing.
I think you can kind of feel that.
It felt quite British and I really wanted to take it there, but I have a lot of love
for big American rock, especially of late 90s, early 2000s.
The idea of feeling complete or being a grown up.
These are like places that you arrive.
It's a complete myth, and I think a lot of the human experience is spent not quite understanding
why you haven't reached there.
Your memories are sceneries for things you said but never really meant.
When you're approaching life from wanting to be really, really sincere, it's difficult
to reconcile the amount of times that you've lied to yourself or to other people.
We'll have religion, right?
As long as people are scared of dying.
I don't have that religious perspective, so for me, it's a bit like, what happens after you die?
I don't fear death because there's nothing to fear.
It's merely not existing.
[Bb]
You know all that bullshit that's going on with you?
If there was a light switch that just said off, would you touch it? Going, maybe.
Everyone fucking thinks that, man.
And it's not cowardly or dark or anything.
It's just part of life.
[Am] [N]
Is my identity constructed by my geographical location and the things that I've experienced
because of that?
That's one of the fundamental problems that I have with religion.
They're all monotheistic, right?
So each one says, this is the one.
But you're born into it.
What?
So say if you're a Christian in America, if you're born in India, you'd be Hindu.
Saudi Arabia, you'd be Muslim.
If you're born in Norway 500 years ago, you'd believe in Thor.
How is this a qualification process for the validity of scripture?
It doesn't make any sense.
Am I me through where I'm from?
Definitely.
You're gonna have good times, you're gonna have bad times, but mainly you're just gonna
be singing sad songs.
It's not an excuse to anchor yourself down.
If you anchor yourself down, you're just gonna take people down with you.
You can't just give up and then expect everybody to drag you along with them.
Do you know what I mean?
It's like you've got to put a bit of effort in.
[Em]
Key:
Em
Ab
Bb
Am
Em
Ab
Bb
Am
[Em] The idea of wanting to die has become a big meme now.
This whole thing is exhausting.
Not only the grand ideas of life, just the trudge of the day to day.
It's fucking exhausting.
People are so scared about talking about those kind of ideas as well.
The idea of wanting to kill yourself.
Everyone wants to kill themselves at some point.
There's wanting to do it or whatever you say, and there's planning to do it.
It's very different things.
And I would urge anybody who's ever planned it to really, really seek help and talk about it openly. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] In my house, with my acoustic guitar, very seldom are songs written like that for me.
It's normally a lot more stylistic, bigger kind of process, but this was quite a humble thing.
I think you can kind of feel that.
It felt quite British and I really wanted to take it there, but I have a lot of love
for big American rock, especially of late 90s, early 2000s. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ The idea of feeling complete or being a grown up.
These are like places that you arrive.
It's a complete myth, and I think a lot of the human experience is spent not quite understanding
why you haven't reached there.
Your memories are sceneries for things you said but never really meant.
When you're approaching life from wanting to be really, really sincere, it's difficult
to reconcile the amount of times that you've lied to yourself or to other people. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ We'll have religion, right?
As long as people are scared of dying.
I don't have that religious perspective, so for me, it's a bit like, what happens after you die?
I don't fear death because there's nothing to fear.
It's merely not existing.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ You know all that bullshit that's going on with you?
If there was a light switch that just said off, would you touch it? Going, maybe.
Everyone fucking thinks that, man.
And it's not cowardly or dark or anything.
It's just part of life. _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Is _ _ _ _ my identity constructed by my geographical location and the things that I've experienced
because of that?
That's one of the fundamental problems that I have with religion.
They're all monotheistic, right?
So each one says, this is the one.
But you're born into it.
What?
So say if you're a Christian in America, if you're born in India, you'd be Hindu.
Saudi Arabia, you'd be Muslim.
If you're born in Norway 500 years ago, you'd believe in Thor.
How is this a qualification process for the validity of scripture?
It doesn't make any sense.
Am I me through where I'm from?
Definitely. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ You're gonna have good times, you're gonna have bad times, but mainly you're just gonna
be singing sad songs.
It's not an excuse to anchor yourself down.
If you anchor yourself down, you're just gonna take people down with you.
You can't just _ give up and then expect everybody to drag you along with them.
Do you know what I mean?
It's like you've got to put a bit of effort in.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
This whole thing is exhausting.
Not only the grand ideas of life, just the trudge of the day to day.
It's fucking exhausting.
People are so scared about talking about those kind of ideas as well.
The idea of wanting to kill yourself.
Everyone wants to kill themselves at some point.
There's wanting to do it or whatever you say, and there's planning to do it.
It's very different things.
And I would urge anybody who's ever planned it to really, really seek help and talk about it openly. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] In my house, with my acoustic guitar, very seldom are songs written like that for me.
It's normally a lot more stylistic, bigger kind of process, but this was quite a humble thing.
I think you can kind of feel that.
It felt quite British and I really wanted to take it there, but I have a lot of love
for big American rock, especially of late 90s, early 2000s. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ The idea of feeling complete or being a grown up.
These are like places that you arrive.
It's a complete myth, and I think a lot of the human experience is spent not quite understanding
why you haven't reached there.
Your memories are sceneries for things you said but never really meant.
When you're approaching life from wanting to be really, really sincere, it's difficult
to reconcile the amount of times that you've lied to yourself or to other people. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ We'll have religion, right?
As long as people are scared of dying.
I don't have that religious perspective, so for me, it's a bit like, what happens after you die?
I don't fear death because there's nothing to fear.
It's merely not existing.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ You know all that bullshit that's going on with you?
If there was a light switch that just said off, would you touch it? Going, maybe.
Everyone fucking thinks that, man.
And it's not cowardly or dark or anything.
It's just part of life. _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Is _ _ _ _ my identity constructed by my geographical location and the things that I've experienced
because of that?
That's one of the fundamental problems that I have with religion.
They're all monotheistic, right?
So each one says, this is the one.
But you're born into it.
What?
So say if you're a Christian in America, if you're born in India, you'd be Hindu.
Saudi Arabia, you'd be Muslim.
If you're born in Norway 500 years ago, you'd believe in Thor.
How is this a qualification process for the validity of scripture?
It doesn't make any sense.
Am I me through where I'm from?
Definitely. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ You're gonna have good times, you're gonna have bad times, but mainly you're just gonna
be singing sad songs.
It's not an excuse to anchor yourself down.
If you anchor yourself down, you're just gonna take people down with you.
You can't just _ give up and then expect everybody to drag you along with them.
Do you know what I mean?
It's like you've got to put a bit of effort in.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _