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