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