[Intro]
D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7
[Verse 1]
D Gmaj7
Writing a letter to you like you're a foreign pen pal
D Gmaj7
Talking to you like I've never not known you
D Gmaj7
Smiling at you with my heart nailed shut
D Gmaj7
Time-induced-healing has not been enough
[Pre-Chorus]
Em F#
I swear you'd always need me
Bm G#m7-5
I swear you'd always see me
Em F# Bm A
As the same blood that runs through your veins
[Chorus]
Gmaj7 D F#m7 Bm
Don't come looking for me after dark
B7 Em/B B7 Em Gm D
I cannot bear to see your footsteps leading nowhere
Gmaj7 D F#m7 Bm
Roots of the ancient tree have changed
B7 Em/B B7 Em Gm D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7
I can't make out your face and what you're saying sounds the same
[Verse 2]
D Gmaj7
Hanging photo examples of golden moments
D Gmaj7
Your memory left in pages I wrote things down
D Gmaj7
Fizzy telephone calls generous to silence
D Gmaj7
Empty spaces and forgotten traces of you
[Pre-Chorus]
Em F#
I swear you'd always need me
Bm G#m7-5
I swear you'd always see me
Em F# Bm A
As the same blood that runs through your veins
[Chorus]
Gmaj7 D F#m7 Bm
Don't come looking for me after dark
B7 Em/B B7 Em Gm D
I cannot bear to see your footsteps leading nowhere
Gmaj7 D F#m7 Bm
Roots of the ancient tree have changed
B7 Em/B B7 Em Gm D
I can't make out your face and what you're saying sounds the same
[Bridge]
A Em F# Bm
You're not dead to me 'cause you'll never be
A Em F# Bm
You're as close to gone as distance will allow
A Em F# Bm
Though that might seem fine, you're gone all the time
[Chorus]
Gmaj7 D F#m7 Bm
Don't come looking for me after dark
B7 Em/B B7 Em Gm D
I cannot bear to see your footsteps leading nowhere
Gmaj7 D F#m7 Bm
Roots of the family tree are gone
B7 Em/B B7 Em Gm D
It seems so wrong but I can't force someone to change
[Outro]
Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 D
Don't come looking for me after dark
Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 D
Don't come looking for me after dark
Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 D
Don't come looking for me after dark