The Terrible Secret Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Cm]Pave these streets with open arm s[Eb]
It's always you we're
waiting [Fm]on
[Fsus2]The skin, the taste,
the drug, [Dm]the need
I'm asking, [G]telling you, don't [Cm]leave
Erase the lines that we have drawn
[Eb]It's always you we're waiting on[Fm]
And waiting on and waiting [Gm]on
[Gsus4]And on and o[G]n and on
and on
[C][Cm][C]

[Verse 2]
These are our words,
[F]we built the[Am]se vow[Em]s[Am]
But all the [F]letters of the al[Em]phabet
could [Dm]nev er spell it out
[D]These [Dm]hopes and dreams [C]that[F]
we [Am]tap t[Em]hrou[Am]gh
To cling to [F]something that [C]is [Em]big ger [C]than
the [Em]veil [G]that tips at you
[Dm][Em][Am]

[Verse 3]
Wait wait [Dm]wait, [Em]I do[Am]n't
want [Dm]to see[Em][Am]
Wait wait wait, [Fm]I am not the per[G]son any
[F]one would [Fsus2]want to b[Fm]e[Cm]

[Verse 4]
The perfect [Cm]shoes with matching [Eb]clothes
It is the lie we're always [Fm]told
And nothing masks
the shallow [Fsus2]touch[Dm]
By [Gsus4]say ing w[G]ords that
cost so [Cm]much
While you're an addict to the [Eb]need
To find yourself a way to [Fm]breathe
The sex, the purge, the pain, the book
[Gsus4]To reflex feel[G]ings that
we took
[C][Cm][C]

[Verse 5]
These are our words,
[F]we built the[Am]se vow[Em]s[Am]
But all the [F]letters of [C]the al[Em]phabet
could [Dm]nev er spell it out
[D]These hopes an[Dm]d dreams t[C]hat
[F]we tap[Am] thr[Em]ough[Am]
To cling to [F]something that [C]is [Em]big ger
than the [G]veil that tips at you

[Verse 6]
[G][C][Cm]
[Fm]Per [F]fection,
[Cm]it's[C] per[Cm]fec tion[Fm][F][Dm][Eb]
But never quiet enough,
and never could disguise
The truths to make it stain the wanting
in [G]your eyes
[Gm]The morn[G]ing that you've spent,
but you're [Gm]still [G]an ac[Cm]ci d[C]ent

[Interlude 1]
[C]

[Verse 7]
[C]We [F]are[C] more tha[F]n wor[Am]ds[Em]
[Am]that [F]fill [Em]our [D]mouths[Dm]
Drink with [C]us [F]then [Em]tell [Am]us
the [F]answers [C]that we need
[G]

[Verse 8]
These are our [C]words,
[F]we built the[Am]se vow[Em]s[Am]
But all the let[F]ters of [Em]the alphabet
could [Dm]nev er spell it out
These hopes [C]and [F]dreams that we
[Am]tap [Em]throu[C]gh[Am]
To cling to [F]something that is [C]big[Em]ger t[C]han
the [G]veil that tips at you
[Dm][Em][Am]

[Verse 9]
Wait wait [Dm]wait, [Em]I do[Am]n't
want [Dm]to see[Em][Am]
Wait wait wait, [Fm]I am not the per[G]son
any[F]one would want [Fm]to be

[Verse 10]
Waiting [F]here til you [C]leave