Intro
A G x 4
[Verse]
A
Lady future's arms are lily white
G
They stretch before you come inside
A
There's room enough, she's generous
G
Come on, come up, while we're still young
A
You want to love your life from a prison?
G
Of all this uninvited altruism
A
The homemade weapons you're fashioning
G
Are hellbent on doing us both in
[Chorus]
A
You never mean what you say
Why don't you say what you mean?
G
I never get anywhere
I get the space in between
A
Beautifully mutilated
Instantly antiquated
G
I will admit I almost always underestimate it
A
You better mean what you say
Why don't you say what you mean?
G
I never get anywhere
I get the space in between
A
Beautifully mutilated
Instantly antiquated
G
I will admit I almost always underestimate it
[Instrumental]
A G x2
[Verse]
A
Let's begin at the beginning
Let us revisit the past
G
Like when the houselights are dimming
Like silver screen photograph
A
It makes a beautiful sound
When nobody else is around
G
It has a wonderful way
Of eating up entire days
A
We'll go swimming in libations
G
Forgive unexplained lacerations
A
The otherworldly manifestations
G
I could live in the breath you're wasting
[Chorus]
A
You never mean what you say
Why don't you say what you mean?
G
I never get anywhere
I get the space in between
A
Beautifully mutilated
Instantly antiquated
G
I will admit I almost always underestimate it
A
You never mean what you say
Why don't you say what you mean?
G
I never get anywhere
I get the space in between
A
Beautifully mutilated
Instantly antiquated
G
I will admit I almost always underestimate it
A
You don't owe them anything
G
No, you don't owe them anything
A
No, you don't owe them anything
[Instrumental]
A G x2
[Chorus]
A
You never mean what you say
Why don't you say what you mean?
G
I never get anywhere
I get the space in between
A
Beautifully mutilated
Instantly antiquated
G
I will admit I almost always underestimate it
A
You never mean what you say
Why don't you say what you mean?
G
I never get anywhere
I get the space in between
A
Beautifully mutilated
Instantly antiquated
G A
I will admit I almost always underestimate it