As Is
KELLAR
November 1997
D     B       C    C#...

          D
When like finds like
               B
There's a cool resistance
    C                                 B
A friction of attitude and jealousy
           D                 B
When same is same to another
C                                G
Same becomes more than the other
   D                        B
A brief glow of the spirit
    C              C#      D
Receding

    D                       B
A followed lead, a misunderstanding
C                           B
Leads the similar to the same
   D                            B
A hollowed husk of a human being
    C                B
Is all is left to take the blame

     D                         B
A brief encounter is all that binds
        C                                       c#       D
The poles of the heart with the kind of kind
 

G
Fade the background, Cue the scene
D
Cut the dialogue and the in-between
G
Roll the film and say the line
C                G                D
This is not acting this time
 

D
Some of the few
                B
Make the most of the many
C                                  G
In this air there is no cavity
      D                                 B
For deep buried words and hidden tests
        C                                     D
For saying words seriously in jest
 

D                              B                 C                                G
Silence fits me and bides its time, i will destroy it with another lame line
D                            B                C                             C#               D
what i've said rises to my head, Practised to perfection, born and bred
 

  G
i have no thought, i have no deed
  D
i have an incorruptible need
     G
The same is same, the like is like
       C                       G         D
The her and his, As Was, As Is