Verse
A5 G5 B(aug) A5
How could we be so blind to the effects each time?
A5 G5
Why keep watching when you know the end?
B(aug) A5
Why make this journey again and again?
A5 G5
We know it's just pain and lies
B(aug) A5
Let's watch, feign surprise
A5 G5
Afraid to admit that it's all a facade
B(aug) A5 G5 C5 D5 A5
You wind up alone in spite of what they laud
A5 G5 C5 D5
A5 G5 C5 D5
A5 G5 C5 D5
[Verse 2]
A5 G5
Well I been marchin', so long
B(aug) A5
I towed that line, so strong
A5 G5
I kept holdin' until it tore me apart
B(aug) A5
Until it opened up my chest and ripped out my heart
A5 G5
So mother, may I please submit
B(aug) A5
The notion I no longer believe in this shit?
A5 G5
Lay me on the consummation bed
B(aug) A5 A5 G5 F#5
E fatal blow driven to the maidenhead
[Chorus]
D5 A5 A5 G5 F#5
We're runnin on nothin'
D5 A5 A5 G5 F#5
But the fumes of our dreams
D5 A5 A5 G5 F#5
At another point in my life
F#m E5
That was good enough for me
[Verse 3]
A5 G5
Short plume, fades fast
B(aug) A5
The petals fall and crash
A5 G5
Well, I believe one could put it best
B(aug) A5
We spend most of life dealin' with the mess
A5 G5
The saddest joy is that I concede
B(aug) A5
But the bitter resolution is why I secede
A5 G5
Sick of fallin' from the lowest low
B(aug) A5
The higher the height, the further you go
[Verse 4]
A5 G5
Pull myself back to bended knee
B(aug) A5
Just an emotion, it hurts physically
A5 G5
Swans mate for life or so I've heard
B(aug) A5 A5 G5 F#5
Which is fitting, because that shit's for the birds
[Chorus]
D5 A5 A5 G5 F#5
We're runnin on nothin'
D5 A5 A5 G5 F#5
But the fumes of our dreams
D5 A5 A5 G5 F#5
At another point in my life
F#m E5 A5 G5 C5 D5
That was good enough for me
A5 G5 C5 D5
A5 G5 C5 D5
A5 G5 C5 D5
A5 G5 C5 D5
[Verse 5]
A5 G5
They leave, it hurts
B(aug) A5
See it comin', it's worse
A5 G5
Stiff upper lip try to carry on
B(aug) A5
Let's pretend this shit is makin' us strong
A5 G5
And we only can take so much
B(aug) A5
Before all our sense of decency is finally crushed
A5 G5
And all that's left is a dried out husk
B(aug) A5 A5 G5 F#5
With the belief that love isn't gonna save us
[Chorus]
D5 A5 A5 G5 F#5
We're runnin on nothin'
D5 A5 A5 G5 F#5
But the fumes of our dreams
D5 A5 A5 G5 F#5
At another point in my life
F#m E5
That was good enough for me
[Outro]
D5 C#m E5
Those better days ain't gonna come
E5 D5 C#m E5
Those better days have passed us by
D5 C#m E5
Those better days have all run out
E5 D5 C#m E5
'Cause those better days were a lie
E5 D5 A5
Fall
E5 D5 A5
Fall
E5 D5 A5
Fall
Fall