Verse 1:
Em Am
I stretch my hands, clutch vacant laughter
D Bm Em
in silence and sweet, sweet pain
Em Am
without demand, but with a longing
D Bm Em
for what will never come again.
Verse 2:
Em Am
I smell your perfume on the sheets in the morning:
D Bm Em
it lingers like the patterns on the window after rain,
Em Am
a past that lives, if only for the present,
D Bm Em
but which is gone and will never come again.
Bridge:
D Bm
To your sad eyes, turned away, mine say
Am Bm Em
'Do you? Did you? How?'
D Bm
As the darkness slides away the day
Am Bm Em
shows what was and makes what is now.
Verse 3:
Em Am
I see your picture as though it were a mirror
D Bm Em
but there's no part of you outside the frame
Em Am
except the change that you gave to me:
D Bm Em
this will never come again.
Verse 4:
Em Am
I am me, I was so before you,
D Bm Em
but afterwards I am not the same.
Em Am
You are gone and I am with you:
D Bm Em
this will never come again.
D Bm Em
this will never come again.
D Bm Em
this will never come again.