Q:  10.16.17  11:55 pm ok ok ok i've been working on it as fast as humanly possible ever since and i just can't make any since of the second chord. there's like a small little piano in the background playing the chord and loud keyboards, distracting drums, unhelpful bass and singing all clustering it up.
A: the bass is not distracting from the chord, the bass is what makes the chord what it is. without it it would just be A(add2). the keyboards also contribute to the chord. i don't see how these would be distractions. that's like lettuce distracting you from a salad