Intro - E5 , C5 , E5 E5 C5 All the things that I needed E5 Wasted my chances E5 C5 E5 I have found myself wanting E5 C5 E5 E5 When a mother and father gave me their problems C5 E5 I accepted them all E5 C5 Nothing ever expected E5 E5 I was rejected C5 E5 But I came back for more Chorus C5 B5 And my ashes drift beneath the silver sky A5 B5 Where a boy rides on a bike and never smiles C5 B5 And my ashes fall on all the things we said A5 G5 , E5 , B5 , G5 , E5 , B5 On a box of photographs under the bed I will stay in my own world Under the covers I will feel save inside A kiss that will burn me Cure me of dreaming I was always returning And my ashes find a way beyond the fog And return to save the child that I forgot And my ashes fade among the things unseen And the dream plays in reverse on piano-keys And my ashes drown upon a ( ) Never ending clouds of rain and distant sails And distant sails