Verse
[Verse 1]
F A# F
I left thinking that I would be back
A# F C
But I never did return
A# F C
If you would forgive me I'd forgive myself
A# C
But forgiveness never has these terms
F A# F
The sky was as dark as the thoughts I was thinking
A# F C
It was ignored by the moon
A# F C
If you would believe me I'd believe myself
A# C
But believing never comes this soon
F A# C A# F A# C
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-9-7---------------------9-7---------------------|
G|-----9-6---------------------9-6-----------------|
D|---------9-7-6-------------------9-7-9-----------|
A|---------------9-7---6-7-------------------------|
E|-------------------9-----------------------------|
A# F A# C F A# C F
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------9-7---------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------9-6-----------------|
D|-------------------4-------------------------9-7-6-----------|
A|-4-6-7-7-----4-6-7---------------------------------9-7-7-----|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
F A# F
The streets made a sound only my ears could hear
A# F C
I was alone with the rats and raccoons
A# F C
And your memory keeping me alive
A# C
As the clouds moved away from the moon
F A# F
Then silence it hit me is a way to speak clearly
A# F C
A# way to never say what you don't mean
A# F C
But silence is useless in cases of torture
A# C
It just says God won't intervene
F A# C A# F A# C
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-9-7---------------------9-7---------------------|
G|-----9-6---------------------9-6-----------------|
D|---------9-7-6-------------------9-7-9-----------|
A|---------------9-7---6-7-------------------------|
E|-------------------9-----------------------------|
A# F A# C F A# C F
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------9-7---------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------9-6-----------------|
D|-------------------4-------------------------9-7-6-----------|
A|-4-6-7-7-----4-6-7---------------------------------9-7-7-----|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 3]
F A# F
And this night like others is a sign for the way
A# F C
That the gray air speaks for the dead
A# F C
The air is as vague as the thoughts I have now
A# C
That these memories are just in your head
F A# F
So I kept walking through the clouds that were lifting
A# F C
To reveal what I'd thought
A# F C
There was more fog behind the mist that seemed was the only
A# C
Thing keeping me from what I sought
[Bridge]
F A# C A# F A# C
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-4---7-6-4-6-4---------6-4---7-6-4-4-----------|
A|-----7-----------7-4-6-7-----7-------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
A# F A# C F A# C F
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------4-----------------6-4---7-6-4-6-4---------|
A|-4-6-7-7-----4-6-7-------7-----6---------7-----------7-7-----|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 4]
F A# C A#
I turned around to walk back to the place
F A# C
I had left thinking I would find
A# F A# C
Answers to the questions that I shouldn't ask
F A# C F
But the questions can't find a way to leave me behind