Intro: Em G Cadd9
verse 1
Em G Cadd9
Hourglass inside of my bones
Em G Cadd9
Trapped inside a picture frame above your throat
Em G Cadd9
You were someone else when I was too
Em G Cadd9
Weren't we someone else, wasn't I?
N.C.
Weren't you?
Instrumental
Em G Cadd9
verse 2
Em G Cadd9
But giving up is harder said than done
Em G
Throwing stones, set love on fire
Cadd9
We thought we'd won
Em G Cadd9
I thought I was the man that you thought I was too
Em
But he went away
G Cadd9
He ran away with that girl I thought was you
C G D
But we both know this is the life we chose
C G D
We both know that the hourglass inside my bones
C G
Will wither down and run out of time
D Em
We'll try to mend it but we'll end up dying
C G D
We both know this is the life that we chose
verse 3
Em G Cadd9
So teary-eyed and desperate we manifest
Em G Cadd9
Into a creature brought on by fear of a destiny we dread
Em G Cadd9
Our four walls come down but somehow the roof suspends
Em G Cadd9
It changed to a cloud, and down comes the rain as we near the end
C G D Dsus4 D
But we both know this is the life we chose
C G D Dsus4 D
We both know that the hourglass inside my bones
C G
Will wither down and run out of time
D Em
We'll try to mend it but we'll end up dying
C G D
We both know this is the life that we chose
verse 4
Em G Cadd9
But comin' back from a hit like that's a chore
Em G Cadd9
When we were trapped inside of a jail cell we both adore
Em G Cadd9
My head's a mess, I swear it's like a loaded gun
Em G
Set to explode at a flick of your soul
Cadd9
I'm an awful mess and you said that you're done
C G D Dsus4 D
But we both know this is the life we chose
C G D Dsus4 D
We both know that the hourglass inside my bones
C G
Will wither down and run out of time
D Em
We'll try to mend it but we'll end up dying
C G D Dsus4 D
We both know this is the life that we chose
C G D
We both know this is the life that we chose
Bridge
G
There's a dark cloud over a love I have
C G
There's a rain upon my hair
G
So wet on top of my head, my Lord
C D
Let the sun come out instead
G
To the east I see the sunrise
C G
But the west sunset still falls
G
There's a dark cloud over a love I have
C G
And it can only last so long
G
There's a land of gold where my eyes are set
C G
There's a land of gold I see
G
Where the streams of water flow into the land
C D
Where the grass is always green
G
To the east I see the sunrise
C G
But the west sunset still falls
G
There's a dark cloud over a love I have
C G
But it can only last so long
C G D Dsus4 D
But we both know this is the life we chose
C G D Dsus4 D
We both know that the hourglass inside my bones
C G
Will wither down and run out of time
D Em
We'll try to mend it but we'll end up dying
C G D Dsus4 D
We both know this is the life that we chose
C G D
We both know this is the life that we chose
C G D
God, I hope this is the life that I chose