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