Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
F#F# BB x2
Verse 1:
F#F# BB
Always heard about how cruel the world could be
F#F# BB
Guess I had to see it for myself
F#F# BB
Got too swept up in false ideas of destiny
F#F# BB
Time to put this dream back on the shelf
Pre-Chorus:
D#mD#m
But how do you reconcile
BB F#F# C#C#
What you feel with what you know?
D#mD#m BB
How do you force the heart
F#F# C#C#
To simply let it go?
Chorus:
F#F#
You take a step back
You take a breath in
BB
Silently make your peace with
C#C#
Having to start again
F#F#
Capture this moment in your mind
A#mA#m BB
Do your best not to cry
C#C#
As you say goodbye
F#F# BB FF BB
And you close the door
Verse 2:
F#F# BB
A augmentedA curtain falls upon an empty darkened stage
F#F# BB
No one to see my final bow
F#F# BB
I walk the streets, the people seem to be the same
F#F# BB
Yet everything has changed somehow
Pre-Chorus:
D#mD#m BB
They told you not to mistake
F#F# C#C#
What you want for what you need
D#mD#m
Don't let them watch you deflate
BB F#F# C#C#
When it turns out life agreed
Chorus:
F#F#
Put on a brave face
Back to reality
BB
Mask the shame inside so
C#C#
Nobody else can see
F#F#
Ignore the murmurings of
A#mA#m BB
All the "I told you so"s
C#C#
That's just how it goes
F#F# BB F#F# BB
When you close the door
Bridge:
F#F#
And I don't know what made me
A#mA#m
Think I was different from
BB
The millions of dreamers
C#C#
Who share this yearning
F#F#
My life not over and I'll
A#mA#m
Find ways to move on
BB
Can't be stuck in this moment
C#C#
While the world keeps on turning
D#mD#m C#C# BB
Please don't leave me behind
D#mD#m C#C# BB
Please don't leave me behind