(F#)Time

to tell me the truth,

to bur den your mouth for what you say.

No piec es of pa per in the way.

’Cause I can’t con tin ue

pre tend ing to choose

the op po site sides on which we fall.

The lov ing you lat ers, if at all.

(C#)No right minds could wrong be

this man y times.

My mem ’ry is cruel.

I’m queen of at ten tion to de tails,

de fend ing in ten tions if he fails.

Un til now

he told me her name.

It sound ed fa mil iar in a way.

I could have sworn I’d heard him say it ten thou sand times.

Oh, if on ly (Bsus2)I had been lis t’ning.

(F#)Leave un said, un spo ken.

(F#)Eyes wide shut, un o pened.

(C#)You and me

(Bsus2)al ways be

tween the lines,

be tween the lines.

I thought I,

thought I was read y to bleed,

that we’d move from the shad ows on the wall

and stand in the cen ter of it all.

Too late; two choic es: to stay

or to leave.

Mine was so eas y to un cov er.

He’d al read y left with the oth er.

(C#)So I’ve learned to

(Bsus2)lis ten through si lence.

(Bsus2)al ways be.

You and me

(Bsus2)al ways be.

I tell my self

(B)all the words he sure ly meant to say.

I’ll talk un til

the (Bmaj7)con ver sa tion does n’t stay on.

(C#)Wait for me, I’m

(Bsus2)al most (Bsus2)read y,

(C#)when he meant let

(B5)go.

(F#)Leave un said, un spo ken.

(F#)Eyes wide shut, un o pened.

(C#)You and me

(Bsus2)al ways be.

You and me

(Bsus2)al ways (Bsus2)be

tween the lines.

Be tween the lines,

be tween the lines.

Mm.