Verse
F
The traffic light
Waits for you to tell me the
Dm
tale of a shattered life, tonight
And I just passed by when you have
C
had the chance to fight
Or would you spend your last days alone
Thinkin nobody would have cared
A#
Or known just look me in the eye and see that its a light
C F (leads into chorus)
So you're telling me,
Chorus
C
This is how you're going down
Dm
You thought that I never really wanted you around
F
Well you are way off track to think like that
C A#
Coz now you have taken back,
Dm
everything that you ever said
C
Bout how Id never want to see you again
A#
Well this is what I, what I left behind
F Dm
What I left behind, what I left behind
Verse 2
F
Need a change
Dm
In a minute of my time did I get your name?
Well you say, that I haven't been
C
asked that in years now I think,
the traffic light that stood in the way
A#
So that I can hear what you had to say
Im half way through your story
C F
Cant help thinking that you're just like me
Chorus
C
This is how you're going down
Dm
You thought that I never really wanted you around
F
Well you are way off track to think like that
C A#
Coz now you have taken back,
Dm
everything that you ever said
C
Bout how Id never want to see you again
A# Gm
Well this is what I, what I left behind
A#
Forgetting about ourselves
Dm
Is like history that dust is covering
C A#
left on the shelf, on the shelf
C (single strum)
The crosswalks make the way for us to say what we need to say
Chorus
F C
Yeah, this is how you're going down
Dm
You thought that I never really wanted you around
F
Well you are way off track to think like that
C A#
Coz now you have taken back,
Dm
everything that you ever said
C
Bout how Id never want to see you again
A# Dm
Well this is what I, what I left behind
(So your telling me)
(This is how you're going down)
A#
This is what I, what I left behind