Intro
B A x 4
[Verse]
B
Lady future's arms are lily white
A
They stretch before you come inside
B
There's room enough, she's generous
A
Come on, come up, while we're still young
B
You want to love your life from a prison?
A
Of all this uninvited altruism
B
The homemade weapons you're fashioning
A
Are hellbent on doing us both in
[Chorus]
B
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
B
Beautifully mutilated
Instantly antiquated
A
I will admit I almost always underestimate it
B
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
B
Beautifully mutilated
Instantly antiquated
A
I will admit I almost always underestimate it
[Instrumental]
B A x2
[Verse]
B
Let's begin at the beginning
Let us revisit the past
A
Like when the houselights are dimming
Like silver screen photograph
B
It makes a beautiful sound
When nobody else is around
A
It has a wonderful way
Of eating up entire days
B
We'll go swimming in libations
A
Forgive unexplained lacerations
B
The otherworldly manifestations
A
I could live in the breath you're wasting
[Chorus]
B
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
B
Beautifully mutilated
Instantly antiquated
A
I will admit I almost always underestimate it
B
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
B
Beautifully mutilated
Instantly antiquated
A
I will admit I almost always underestimate it
B
You don't owe them anything
A
No, you don't owe them anything
B
No, you don't owe them anything
[Instrumental]
B A x2
[Chorus]
B
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
B
Beautifully mutilated
Instantly antiquated
A
I will admit I almost always underestimate it
B
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
B
Beautifully mutilated
Instantly antiquated
A B
I will admit I almost always underestimate it