Tom: E
E B A
don't break too many hearts.
E B A
don't take too many arrows in the chest.
C# E B C#
cry comfortably, let us all know what you're thinking.
E B A
is there a gesture i could use to clearly express
E B A
i'm at an utter loss for words?
C# B A E
is there a part of you that's torn? that's larger than life?
E B C#
that'll hold on for one more night?
E B
i've got a speech to make.
E B
followed by a big parade.
E A
northside. closed eyes.
C# B A
all charades go on forever.
E A
hands tied with fools pride.
C# B A
in a slowly fleeing summer.
E B A
just throw your hands up at the sky.
E B A
no use trying to explain this.
C# B A
the clouds are mirrors. i'm disguised.
E B C#
i'm not all that entertaining.
E B A
the city looks the same
E B A
until you notice smaller changes.
C# B A
it still knows us all by name.
E B
it holds us close to its heart
C# B
it holds us close to its heart
A B
all my hopes are unaligned.
A B A
this diagnosis is self-designed.
E A
northside. dead eyes.
C# B A
all charades go on forever.
E A
hands tied with fools pride.
C# B A
in a slowly fleeing summer.
E B C# A
empty rooms don't have pictures to talk to.
E B C# A
brickwall views demand uninspired afternoons.
E B A
the days are flooding into months.
E B C#
the nights are staring into centuries.
A B E
i've got some older pictures
A B E C#
of people i see once every couple years.
A B
intrigued or unamazed.
E C# B A
"you were so much different back in those days."
E B C#
and now this smile has a bitter curve.
E B A
now these eyes are unenchanted.
E B C# E
and all we see is a faded image of what we used to be.
E B A
how can we relate
E B C# A
when we don't know a thing about each other anymore?
E B C# A
when we don't know a thing about each other anymore?
E B C# A
when we don't know a thing about each other anymore?
E B C# A
when we don't know each other anymore?
E B C# B
is there a gesture i could use to clearly express
A B E
i'm at an utter loss for words.
