F#5                     A5
My memory is fleeting with age
        B5                         D5
As I prepare to touch my pen to the fiber of this page.
        F#5                     A5
All the ink will run dry long before
      B5                        A5
I can write my final tale, given all that lies in store.

    F#5              C#5
I'm holding on for delight.
  E5
I barrel through the good times
      B5
After crawling through the stripe.
A5                          C#5
Every moment passing never to return.
    F#5                 C#5
I'm getting along in my days.
E5                                   B5
Sipping through the sadness for the calm of better days.

   A5
So long as I keep breathing,
      C#5
I can find my way.

( F#5  A5  G#5  F#5 )

F#5               C#5
I just can't give in.
F#5                       C#5     B5
World's so dead that I am living in.
E5                        D5
I hold out for something else,
F#5 E5     F#5       D5     E5
Something words can never tell.
      C#5
Can't tell.

( F#5  C#5  E5  B5  A5  C#5 )

F#5                             A5
From my way beyond the darkest straight into the light.
E5                             B5
Promises I'll have my wits to guide me through the night.
A5                               C#5
I don't dare to turn my head to either side.
F#5                B5
It all leads me to sway.
         F#5               B5
Like the words that people say.
         D5               E5        C#5
But they won't sweep me away, not today.

F#5               C#5
I just can't give in.
F#5                       C#5     B5
World's so dead that I am living in.
E5                        D5
I hold out for something else,
F#5 E5     F#5    D5     F#5 E5     F#5    D5
Something bigger than, something better than,
F#5 E5     F#5   D5        E5
Something I can stand to find.
       F#5  E5  F#5  E5  F#5
Yeah yeah.