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