[Intrumental]
C G Em G x2
[Verse]
C Em G
Say it like you mean it even if you don’t.
G D
Tell me everything I want to hear.
C Em G
Tell me everything will be the same, that I won’t be alone.
G D
Say it will be fine.
[Verse]
C
I can’t take another let down.
Em G D
Give me something solid I can feel beneath my feet.
C Em G D C
Give me something I can stand on before you go.
[Chorus]
C G
Know this son, the hard truth of life,
C G
is that everyone leaves and everything dies.
C G
There is no exception to the passing of time.
C G
Every last leaf will fall and light will fade from your eyes.
[Verse]
C Em G
You never told me that anything was easy.
G D
Sometimes I wish you had
C
It might have been nice to feel safe inside,
Em G D C G
but I guess everything is different looking back.
[Chorus]
C G
Know this son, the hard truth of life,
C G
is that everyone leaves and everything dies.
C G
There is no exception to the passing of time.
C G
Every last leaf will fall and light will fade from your eyes.
[Outro]
C G
Fall away.
C G
Fall away.
C G
Fall away.
C G C
Fall away.
