C                                             G
tommy and nathan were just two inseparable boys
C                                            G
fond of rebellion and heresy and other noise
F
they lived in a room in a school in the country somewhere
C           G
without a care
C                                               G
tommy liked smoking and laughing and messing around
C                                               G
nathan liked sitting and reading not making a sound
F
they loved each other like healthy teenagers should
C             G
love someone else
F
not like brothers
            C
but like lovers

C                                                               G
they had been told all their lives that these feelings were wrong
C                                                    G
they didn't dare tell each other the truth for so long
F
but with every second it became less easy to bear
                C
taking this care

C                                                           G
they could hide plenty of things from their teachers at school
C                                                   G
they hardly ever got caught and they broke every rule
F
but hiding something from each other was harder to
C          G
do so well
F
brushing hands a
              C
blushing matter
F
what's the matter
                C
what's the matter

Am                              F
what kind of world do we live in
Am                                                       F
where two people can't tell each other they've fallen in love
Am                                                               F
'cause of what all the others would say what they'd do the exclusion
Am                                               F
the pain and stupidity isn't it tough when those
                                        
one every ten have to suffer while everyone
C
else can enjoy their free fucking in public why
G                                                Am
is it that even in this day and age they're beat down

they can't just say
F
i love you
C
i love you
G
i love you
Am
i love you
F
i love you

C                                               G
it came out eventually they both knew that it would
C                                                G
stumbled and fast and the consequences weren't good
F
loving together for sixty small seconds

alone
         C
opposite sides
           G
of a big room

C                                           G  
nathan said "we'll never see each other again"
C                                                   F
maybe they won't maybe someday but god who knows when
C