Tom: Db
Intro C F C/B C
C
We became the parade on the streets that we once cleaned
F
Expendable soldiers smiling at anything
G C
Raised on a feeling our lives would have meaning eventually
C
We were once the answer and then you discover
F
Youre actually just one thing after another
G C
And what was the question and why was the lesson so deafening?
C C/B
This is all that matters now
F C/B
And that was all that happened anyhow
C C/B
You can look back but dont stare
F G
Maybe I can love you out of there
F C F C
And when I went away what I forgot to say
F C
Was all I had to say:
F G C
Eight letters, three words, one meaning
C
And outside forces didnt make it easy
F
So I thought Id go before you leave me
G C
Self-preservation was no explanation for anything
C
But the truth is more than we ll ever comprehend
F
Im just starting to understand, my friend
G C
All of that distance, cause I fell in love with the enemy
C C/B
This is all that matters now
F C/B
And that was all that happened anyhow
C C/B
You can look back but dont stare
F G
Maybe I can love you out of there
A F C F C
And when I went away what I forgot to say
F C
Was all I had to say:
F G C
Eight letters, three words, one meaning
F C F C
And when I went away what I forgot to say
F C
Was all I had to say:
F G C
Eight letters, three words, one meaning
Interlude C F G C
C G F
At last, we meet on no mans land
G C
Just footprints in the sand
G F G
We meet on no mans land, at last
F C F C
And when I went away what I forgot to say
F C
Was all I had to say:
F G C
Eight letters, three words, one meaning
F C F C
And when I went away what I forgot to say
F C
Was all I had to say:
F G C
Eight letters, three words, one meaning
One meaning
F C F C F C F G C
Just one meaning
