A Song About An Anglerfish
Hank GreenVersion1
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Yes it's true that I once went through life
As a guy who always had to rhyme life with strife
Yes, I've been burned and I've been spurned
And through it all, yes, I have learned
That love is not about whether you get stabbed
But how slow the knife gets turned
But my friends I've found an animal
Who doesn't feel this pain
And my life is so much better
Now that I can feel the same
Because you can't hate the night
If you've lived your whole life without light
And you can't hate the dish
If you've only ever eaten fish
And you can't feel alone
If it's all you've ever known
Yeah the deep sea anglerfish
Has no reason to be happy
But it has no frikkin' idea
What else to be
The deep sea dwelling anglerfish
Never has to find a mate
They are always there together
When it's time to procreate
See one dark night, a young male
Bites the female on her side
And then slowly he becomes
A sperm-producing parasite
And if we can say he lives at all
He lives until she dies
And until that day he literally
Never leaves her side
Yeah you can't hate the night
If you've lived your whole life without light
And you can't hate the dish
If you've only ever eaten fish
And you can't feel alone
If it's all you've ever known
Yeah the deep sea anglerfish
Has no reason to be happy
But it has no frikkin' idea
What else to be
For years this rule has kept me
Out of hopeless despair
You simply do not feel
What is always there
I ask my brain to entertain
That pain is the same
That if I feel it all the time
Can you really call it pain
I don't have any friends
And I don't have any hair
But neither does the anglerfish
And she doesn't care
Because you can't hate the night
If you've lived your whole life without light
And you can't hate the dish
If you've only ever eaten fish
And you can't feel alone
If it's all you've ever known
Yeah the deep sea anglerfish
Has no reason to be happy
But she has no frikkin' idea
What else to be
I hope you enjoyed!
DFTBA and best wishes,
Trey
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Readable chord sheet for A Song About An Anglerfish by Hank Green
Yes it's [C]true that [F]I once [G]went through [C]life As a [C]guy who always [F]had to rhyme [G]life with [C]strife Yes, I've been [F]burned and I've been [G]spurned And through it [C]all, yes, I have [Am]learned That love is [F]not about whether [F]you get stabbed But how [F]slow the knife gets t[G]urned But my [F]friends I've found an [F]animal Who [F]doesn't feel this [F]pain And my [F]life is so much [F]better Now that [F]I can feel the [G]same Because you [C]can't hate the [F]night If you've [G]lived your whole life without light And you [C]can't hate the [F]dish If you've [G]only ever eaten fish And you [C]can't feel [F]alone If it's [G]all you've ever [C]known Yeah the [F]deep sea angler[F]fish Has no [F]reason to be [F]happy But it [G]has no frikkin' [C]idea [F]What else to [C]be [C]The deep sea dwelling [F]anglerfish Never [G]has to find a [C]mate They are [C]always there [F]together When it's [G]time to procre[F]ate See [F]one dark night, a [G]young male Bites the [C]female on her [Am]side And then [F]slowly he be[F]comes A sperm-pro[F]ducing para[G]site And if [F]we can say he [F]lives at all He [F]lives until she [F]dies And un[F]til that day he [F]literally [F]Never leaves her [G]side Yeah you can[C]'t hate the nig[F]ht If you've [G]lived your whole life without light And you [C]can't hate the [F]dish If you've [G]only ever eaten fish And you [C]can't feel [F]alone If it's [G]all you've ever [C]known Yeah the [F]deep sea angler[F]fish Has no [F]reason to be [F]happy But it [G]has no frikkin' [C]idea [F]What else to [C]be For [C]years this rule has [F]kept me Out of [G]hopeless [C]despair You [C]simply do not [F]feel What is [G]always [C]there I [F]ask my brain to [G]entertain That [C]pain is the [Am]same That if I [F]feel it all the [F]time Can you [F]really call it [G]pain I [F]don't have any [F]friends And I [F]don't have any [F]hair But [F]neither does the [F]anglerfish And [F]she doesn't [G]care Because you [C]can't hate the [F]night If you've [G]lived your whole life without light And you [C]can't hate the [F]dish If you've [G]only ever eaten fish And you [C]can't feel [F]alone If it's [G]all you've ever [C]known Yeah the [F]deep sea angler[F]fish Has no [F]reason to be [F]happy But she[G] has no frikkin'[C] idea [F]What else to [C]be [C] [F] [F] [C] I hope you enjoyed! DFTBA and best wishes, Trey