(transcribed by Jason Finestone 

NOTE:  C* is played like [x32033]
       D/F# is an open D chord with an F# in the bass

Verse:

G5        D5  E5    C5
   There is no space

G5               D5    E5    C5
   For what you need to know

G5  D5    E5         C5      G5        D5  E5  C5
   I'm the forms that I must fill out.


I'm happiest alone
I'm miserable that way
All this stuff just wants to spill out.


Pre-chorus:

C5 *         G5    (bass: G5  F#5  E5 )
I take pleasure

E5                  A5
   in the simple things

C5 *            G5     (bass: G5  F#5  E5 )
I love my headphones

E5                   D5
   and my wedding ring


Chorus: (same rhythm as verse)

G5               D5         E5             C5
Are you talking to me now or reading from a script?

G5                       D5             E5           C5
What's that supposed to mean you say you wanna be yourself?

G5                 D5             E5                C5
I don't think you really know just who the hell that is.


E5           A5
   You spend half your life

   C                                  (back to verse pattern)
pretending you're like everybody else.

(like everybody else)


Verse 2:

I tell the same joke
many different ways
but you never seem to get it.

You're jerking off
to catalogs
don't you feel a bit pathetic?

[Pre-chorus]

Chorus:

You spend half your life remembering your life when you were young
half your life dreaming how much better life can get
well everytime you make a choice, hey half your life is gone

All you've got's a few good dreams
divided into many small regrets.
(like everybody else)

Solo (over verse)

Verse 3:

I never take any pictures
just try to remember
all I remember is trying.

Here's a story I like
I think it happened to me
I don't even know
if I'm lying
if I'm lying
if I'm lying


Chorus:

Are you talking to me now or reading from a script?
What's that supposed to mean you say you wanna be yourself?
Well I don't think you really know just who the hell that is
No I don't think you have a clue just who the hell that is
So what's your half life?
So what's your half life?
So what's your half-life?
So what's your half life?

You spend half your life
pretending you're like everybody else.

G5  D5  E5  C5
G5