Standard (EADGBE)

our course is coarsely plotted

 on a map of shoddy dreams

 but hindsight will reveal

 time's moving faster than it seems

maybe i'm just selfish

 i've got nothing left to give

 i'm still a foolish boy

 i've got a lifetime left to live

 and i was swinging like a madman

 not quite sure of what i felled

 and i might never understand

 exactly what it was i'd held

 and now i watch the sun descending

 from this weathered gravel roof

 and i recall the sky once told me

 that all lies lead to the truth

 so i'll look the other way

 and i'll turn a deafened ear

 and i'll talk of distant lands

 pretend i was never here

reality beads on my skin

 like a slicker in the rain

 but now i feel it soaking in

 and i begin to feel the pain

i fight the urge to run to you

 this is how it has to be

 we've gotta step away right now

 we're just too close to see

 and i was swinging like a madman

 not quite sure of what i felled

 and i might never understand

 exactly what it was i'd held

 and now i watch the sun descending

 from this weathered gravel roof

 and i recall the sky once told me

 that all lies lead to the truth

 so i'll look the other way

 and i'll turn a deafened ear

 and i'll talk of distant lands

 pretend i was never here

and i'll look the other way

and i'll turn a deafened ear

and i'll talk of distant lands

 pretend i was never here