♫ Intro: D# Cm F G# ♫ Verse 1: D# I wanted you to lead me Cm Like a dog to a fight F G# But you got so much older overnight D# I wanted you to hold me Cm Like the snap of a snare F G# But god, you gotta go and I'm not going there D# Cm F G# D# Cm You took the family car and you peeled out of view F G# I hated you in the fleeting way that children often do D# Cm Would it have killed you then to tell me that you cared F G# And would it have killed me then to tell you I was scared ♫ Chorus: Cm G G# D# I could drive all night and never see anything new Cm G G# D# I could take both my hands and wrap them around you Cm G G# F But nothing could keep you here for me or me for you D# Cm F G# ♫ Verse 2: D# Cm The bad times took a year or two and then we’re splitting ways F G# I wonder if they never left would we all have stayed D# Cm Would it have killed you then to tell me you were scared F G# And would it have killed me then to tell you that I cared ♫ Chorus: Cm G G# D# I could drive all night and never see anything new Cm G G# D# I could take both my hands and wrap them around you Cm G G# F But nothing could keep you here for me or me for you D# D# G# I could mourn what waits for you like a flagpole in the distance Cm G But mines waving the same G# You know D# And your body moves and changes G# Regardless of my aching Cm G And mines changing the same G# I know D# Cm There's only so much love you can feel from a distance F G# And time makes a fool of everyone who tries to change it D# Cm I’ll picture you in the living room Christmas morning full n fed F G# You picture me in whatever light you like inside your head