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