Verse
C# Fm/C# A#m F#
There’s a lot of politics, a lot of cruel
C# Fm/C# A#m F#
There’s always that elephant inside the room
C# Fm/C# A#m F#
There’s a lot of talking and throwing looks
C# Fm/C# A#m F#
Not all our bruises are noticeable
C# Fm/C# A#m F#
[Verse 2]
C# Fm/C# A#m F#
There’s always that happiness as they wanna sell you
C# Fm/C# A#m F#
Look at how they made us look at ourselves
C# Fm/C# A#m F#
There are many quiet tears and flawless feeds and
C# Fm/C# A#m F#
There’s a lot of drink-it-away at the parties
[Chorus]
G# C# F#
And I keep on waiting for time to slow down
G# C# F#
And I keep on hoping for love to come around
G# C# F# G#
And I don’t know how to make sense of the things that I feel
C# Fm/C# A#m F#
[Verse 3]
C# Fm/C# A#m F#
There are many waiting rooms, lot of bad news
C# Fm/C# A#m F#
Barely awake as too late comes to soon
C# Fm/C# A#m F#
When the ground beneath you is shifting you stand and
C# Fm/C# A#m F#
What you took for granted runs like sands out your hands
[Chorus]
G# C# F#
And all that we wish is for time to slow down
G# C# F#
And all that we hope is for love to come around
G# C# F# C# G#
And try to find ways to make sense of things that we feel move
C# Fm/C# A#m F# x 3
[Verse 4]
C# Fm/C# A#m F#
There are many lonely nights unrequited love
C# Fm/C# A#m F#
So many words that just wasn’t enough
C# Fm/C# A#m F#
There are many walks home to an empty house
C# Fm/C# A#m F#
Waiting for somebody to chase the darkness out
[Chorus]
G# C# F#
And I keep on waiting for time to slow down
G# C# F#
And I keep on hoping for love to come around
G# C# F# C# G# C#
And I don’t know how to make sense of the things that I feel