Tom: Em
C
She still sings of the way it feels to know
Em D
She'll be held close by the one she calls her own
C
But I still know damn well
Em D
That I never got to say how I really felt
C
Given that it's over now
Em
She still attempts to make a sound
D C
But it's not only a cry for help, But the fear of never being held again
[Pre Chorus]
C
And I never took it back:
Em D
The feeling of bearing the facts
C
And I never took it back
Em D
'Cause you could say the truth was all I had
C
But the feeling of bearing the facts
Em D
Was too much too soon to carry back
C
And she bears the blame again and again
Em D
But she knows it's not her fight to defend
C Em D
And I never showed her that, no
[Chorus]
C
Could you fathom the world at all
Em D
If you felt any bit as alone as she?
D
Would you fight the urge to
C Em D
Relinquish what you believe?
[Verse]
C
Oh god, I tried to
Em D
But it was better to hide the sting of being lied to
C Em D
For so long, for so long, for so long
C Em
Holed up inside a nest of everything that reminds her
D
Of the way it felt to have somebody beside her
C Em
And I never showed her the only way out
D
(The only way out)
[Chorus]
C
Could you fathom the world at all
Em D
If you felt any bit as alone as she?
D
Would you fight the urge to
C Em D
Relinquish the memory of when she said
C Em
'You don't have to stay, I could be okay on my own
D
The side of me you'd always dreamed of
C Em D
It's better left unsaid what really happened, then
C Em C
The day you walked out of my bedroom and left'
C Em D
The day you walked out of my bedroom and left
[Bridge]
C
She might not know
Em D
She'll be better alone
C Em D
It could be so long before anybody's home
C Em
'Cause I never showed her the only way out
D
Was for her to learn to love herself
C Em D
Was for her to learn to love herself
[Chorus]
C
Could you fathom the world at all
Em D
If you felt any bit as alone as she?
D
Did you fight the urge to
C Em D
Relinquish what you believe?
D
(When she said)
C Em
'You don't have to stay, I could be okay on my own
D
The side of me you'd always dreamed of
C Em D
It's better left unsaid what really happened, then
C Em C
The day you walked out of my bedroom and left'
