Verse
E5 D5 B(aug) E5
How could we be so blind to the effects each time?
E5 D5
Why keep watching when you know the end?
B(aug) E5
Why make this journey again and again?
E5 D5
We know it's just pain and lies
B(aug) E5
Let's watch, feign surprise
E5 D5
Afraid to admit that it's all a facade
B(aug) E5 D5 G5 A5 E5
You wind up alone in spite of what they laud
E5 D5 G5 A5
E5 D5 G5 A5
E5 D5 G5 A5
[Verse 2]
E5 D5
Well I been marchin', so long
B(aug) E5
I towed that line, so strong
E5 D5
I kept holdin' until it tore me apart
B(aug) E5
Until it opened up my chest and ripped out my heart
E5 D5
So mother, may I please submit
B(aug) E5
The notion I no longer believe in this shit?
E5 D5
Lay me on the consummation bed
B(aug) E5 E5 D5 C#5
B fatal blow driven to the maidenhead
[Chorus]
A5 E5 E5 D5 C#5
We're runnin on nothin'
A5 E5 E5 D5 C#5
But the fumes of our dreams
A5 E5 E5 D5 C#5
At another point in my life
C#m B5
That was good enough for me
[Verse 3]
E5 D5
Short plume, fades fast
B(aug) E5
The petals fall and crash
E5 D5
Well, I believe one could put it best
B(aug) E5
We spend most of life dealin' with the mess
E5 D5
The saddest joy is that I concede
B(aug) E5
But the bitter resolution is why I secede
E5 D5
Sick of fallin' from the lowest low
B(aug) E5
The higher the height, the further you go
[Verse 4]
E5 D5
Pull myself back to bended knee
B(aug) E5
Just an emotion, it hurts physically
E5 D5
Swans mate for life or so I've heard
B(aug) E5 E5 D5 C#5
Which is fitting, because that shit's for the birds
[Chorus]
A5 E5 E5 D5 C#5
We're runnin on nothin'
A5 E5 E5 D5 C#5
But the fumes of our dreams
A5 E5 E5 D5 C#5
At another point in my life
C#m B5 E5 D5 G5 A5
That was good enough for me
E5 D5 G5 A5
E5 D5 G5 A5
E5 D5 G5 A5
E5 D5 G5 A5
[Verse 5]
E5 D5
They leave, it hurts
B(aug) E5
See it comin', it's worse
E5 D5
Stiff upper lip try to carry on
B(aug) E5
Let's pretend this shit is makin' us strong
E5 D5
And we only can take so much
B(aug) E5
Before all our sense of decency is finally crushed
E5 D5
And all that's left is a dried out husk
B(aug) E5 E5 D5 C#5
With the belief that love isn't gonna save us
[Chorus]
A5 E5 E5 D5 C#5
We're runnin on nothin'
A5 E5 E5 D5 C#5
But the fumes of our dreams
A5 E5 E5 D5 C#5
At another point in my life
C#m B5
That was good enough for me
[Outro]
A5 G#m B5
Those better days ain't gonna come
B5 A5 G#m B5
Those better days have passed us by
A5 G#m B5
Those better days have all run out
B5 A5 G#m B5
'Cause those better days were a lie
B5 A5 E5
Fall
B5 A5 E5
Fall
B5 A5 E5
Fall
Fall