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