Capo 2

Intro: F   Dm   Am      x3


F                    Dm                         Am
I can only say these things to you while you're sleeping.
               F                       Dm                    Am
I hear the the hum from the wires, the sounds of the morning creeping.
  F             Dm              Am
I lie awake and pretend you can hear me.


F   Dm   Am      x2


    F                                    Dm                Am
You tell that you're scared, that you're turning into your mother,
  F           Dm           Am
I feel myself turn into my father.
         F                      Dm                          Am
We could lie to each other like they do and say we're still happy
     F                          Dm                   Am
It's easy when you're young and you still want it so badly.


      Dm      C        A#
And I feel my heart pounding
      Dm    C       A#
And I think I might scream


      F                               C
I can tell you that you're all I ever wanted, dear
      Dm                          A#
I can utter every word you'd ever hope to hear
  F                           C                 Dm
I shudder when I think that I might not be here forever, forever, forever.


F   Dm   Am      x2


   F                        Dm                    Am
At night you whisper like a ghost and you look so shaken
          F                       Dm                     Am
You're so quiet and small and you tell me you want to be taken.
       F                         Dm                     Am
I just never think of you as the kind of girl who would say that.
    F                       Dm                   Am
You suddenly seem like some faceless thing in my grasp.


          Dm      C                A#
With your eyes so wide, your face aglow
        Dm      C               A#
It?s the face of someone I don't know.


      F                               C
I can tell you that you're all I ever wanted, dear
      Dm                          A#
I can utter every word you'd ever hope to hear
  F                           C                 Dm
I shudder when I think that I might not be here forever, forever, forever.


F   Dm   Am      x7


    Dm                           C                   A#
And all I could think is that it must be a kind of rebellion.
   Dm                  C            A#
To arm your fears like soldiers and slay them.


      F                               C
I can tell you that you're all I ever wanted, dear
            Dm                                 A#
Through the din of your breathing while you're sleeping here.
    F                      C                Dm
You wake and ask me if I'm going to be here forever, forever, forever.


     F                        C
Your face so twisted and your eyes alight
          Dm                                A#
I want to tell you I can change it when you cry at night
    F   C  Dm
But I'd be lying.
F    C  Dm
Love is defying.


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