Tom: C
C Am
I always try to leave a little part of me off
C C Am C
Somewhere deep inside you
C Am
But the ones that have been breaking off lately
C C Am G
Just seem so far from my truth
F C G
I watched your eyes both parting tears like they were Moses
F C G
And your savior standing off on distant shores
F C G
Wondering if I had ever really noticed the man I was before
C
If he was there anymore
[Verse 2]
C Am
And I always thought I could predict both our futures
C C Am C
From the way your lips went sailing
C Am
Oh, but my tongue is a rudder, too
C C Am G
And it sent me off to find another island
F C G
I watched you wish that you had never even met me
F C G
And for your sake, I guess I wish the same
F C G
I spent three long day inside of the belly of a whale of your blame
C
Forgot my real name
[Interlude]
C Am G C (x3)
C Am C
[Verse 3]
C Am
And when we're born, tectonic plates move
C C Am C
Until we grow up to a mountain
C Am
And all our actions break away our youth
C C Am G
But we still dream of it in fountains
F C G
I'm sorry that I chipped away what makes you strong
F C G
I was searching for myself beneath your stones
F C G
But I just found there is no cure for all our longings in a temporary home,
C
so I left you alone
C Am
And I awoke with your pain beating hard
C C Am C
Against my heart till it went faster
C Am
And the sky was full of flames and the sun
C C Am G
Was tossing rays like God's laughter
F C G
But how am I supposed to learn to walk on water
F C G
When I am the only reason for the storm?
F C G
And the only thing that I have called a master keeps changing its form
C
Since the day I was born
[Interlude]
C Am (x3)
C Am F Am
[Verse 4]
F C G
Well, I know that words could never ever heal this;
F Am G
You must wrap yourself in bandages of time
F C G
And the truth will grow from pain that I have caused us Till it falls from the vine
F C G
And one wind can't blow us in different directions
F C G
One of us must do the work to row away
F C G
I volunteer my arms to break the wet reflections if it's you that needs to stay
C
For some brand new day
