Tom: Am
C G Am F
We paid for new ways to avoid one another
C G Am F
A tv that fills up one side of the room
C G Am F
We stare at our phones now (instead of each other)
C G Am F
And silently wonder just how to break through
[Chorus]
G C5
To the other side of the silence
G G7 C
Where distance is only a story we tell
G E Am
When we hold hands and know that we made it
C G (F) Am
We’re making it still… can we please make it still?
[Verse 2]
C G Am F
Our house is on fire; I’ve got matches for fingers
C G Am F
And my gasoline tongue isn’t helping at all
C G Am F
So try as I might to repair what I’ve broken
C G Am F
I only set fire to each bridge that I build
[Chorus]
G C5
To the other side of the silence
G G7 C
Where distance is only a story we tell
G E Am
When we hold hands and know that we made it
C G F Am
We’re making it still… can we please make it still?
[Bridge]
C5 G F C5
Someday, the words will come easy again
C5 G F C5
I’ll stop all this hiding, you’ll let me back in
C5 G F C5 G
Our family’s not here; we don’t have to pretend it’s okay
[Verse 3]
C G Am F
I’m in the back yard destroying the branches
C G Am F
That hang low enough for my golf club to reach
C G Am F
Destruction’s the one thing I’m naturally good at
C G Am F
It might take all year for the leaves to return
