Verse 1:
C Am
Who's gonna stop us from waltzing
G
Back into rekindled flames?
If we know the steps anyway
C Am
We embroidered the memories
G
Of the time I was away
Stitching, 'We were just kids, babe'
F Am
I said, 'I don't mind, it takes time'
G
I thought I was better safe than starry-eyed
F Am
I felt aglow like this
G
Never before and never since
Verse 2:
C Am
Who's gonna tell me the truth
G
When you blew in with the winds of fate
And told me I reformed you
C Am
When your impressionist paintings of Heaven
G
Turned out to be fakes
Well, you took me to hell, too
F Am
And all at once, the ink bleeds
G
A con man sells a fool a get-love-quick scheme
F Am
But I felt a hole like this
G
Never before, and ever since
Bridge:
C G
How long could we be a sad song
Am G F
'Til we were too far gone to bring back to life?
C G
I gave you all my best me's, my endless empathy
Am G F
And all I did was bleed as I tried to be the bravest soldier
G
Fighting in only your army
Am
Frontlines, don't you ignore me
F
I'm the best thing at this party
C Em
(You're losin' me)
G
And I wouldn't marry me either
Am
A pathological people pleaser
F
Who only wanted you to see her
C Em
And I'm fadin', thinkin'
Am F
'Do something, babe, say something' (say something)
G C Em
'Lose something, babe, risk something' (you're losin' me)
Am F
'Choose something, babe, I got nothing (got nothing)
G
To believe
Dm C
'Cause... You talked me under the table
Am
Talking rings and talking cradles
G
I wish I could un-recall
Dm
How we almost had it all
C
Dancing phantoms on the terrace
Am
Are they second-hand embarrassed
G
That I can't get out of bed?
C
Cause something counterfeit's dead
Am
It was legendary
G
It was momentary
C Am
It was unnecessary
G
Should've let it stay buried
F
Oh, what a valiant roar
Am
What a bland goodbye
G
The coward claimed he was a lion
F Am
I'm combing through the braids of lies
G
'I'll never leave'
'Never mind'
F Am
Our field of dreams, engulfed in fire
G
Your arson's match your somber eyes
F Am
And I'll still see it until I die
G
You're the loss of my life