Verse
D
The traffic light
Waits for you to tell me the
Bm
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
Bm
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,
Bm
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 Bm
What I left behind, what I left behind
Verse 2
D
Need a change
Bm
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
Bm
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,
Bm
everything that you ever said
A
Bout how Id never want to see you again
G Em
Well this is what I, what I left behind
G
Forgetting about ourselves
Bm
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
Bm
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,
Bm
everything that you ever said
A
Bout how Id never want to see you again
G Bm
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