G Dear Mother can you hear my footsteps? C# C# I'm so close, I'm right there. A G# B I'm almost home, so unprepared B To notice yet ignore A G# How hard it is to be around you. C# C# I've come clean, I'm washed out. A G# B I've flooded the engine, stranded myself. B This home, native land A G# They speak in words I can't understand. A B C E D# A So when I'm standing on this street like I have a hundred times, B G# You don't even glance at me you just pass me by. E D# C# B A I remember your face, from the moment I first saw you I never looked away. E D# I'll never forget how you looked that Saturday when you told me C# B A We could never be together, and I could never change. G Mother, Mother is it you who's calling? C# C# Lights out, lay down, A G# B We'll sleep when we're dead, that time is now. B But soft speak will drown out A G# How I can't do what's right around you. C# C# Cold breeze, no coat, A G# B Excuses used to take words from my throat. B False hope confirmed. A G# A Deceits a language I can't hope to learn. B C E D# A So when I'm standing on this street like I have a hundred times, B G# We will celebrate the years you stalled and couldn't decide. E D# C# B A I remember your face, from the moment I first saw you I never looked away. E D# I'll never forget how you looked that Saturday when you told me C# B A We could never be together, and I could never change. C# C# I used to believe that every person had a purpose C# B In this swirling ball of indecision that consumes us all. C# C# I used to believe that every person had a person C# B They could always count on and not be scared of, one for everyone. A B C E D# A So when I'm standing on this street like I have a hundred times, B G# G# Can I walk away and finally leave, finally leave all of this behind? E D# C# B A I remember your face, from the moment I first saw you I never looked away. E D# I'll never forget how you looked that Saturday when you told me C# B A We could never be together, and I could never change. E D# C# B A I remember your face, from the moment I first saw you I never looked away. E D# I'll never forget how you looked that Saturday when you told me C#~ B~ A~ We could never be together, and I could never change.