Am
Am C Am/E add4 Am
Where do promises go after sundown?
C Fmaj7 Cmaj9 Am
Do they just disappear like a boat leaving land?
Am C Am/E add4 Am
What are words if not spoken sincerely?
C Fmaj7 Cmaj9/G Am Am
They are worth nothing more than a handful of sand
C F G C C
I could just wait here in silent devotion
C F G C
Let the weeks pass in a constant concern
C F G Em
But I won’t do that, to hell with your ocean
Fmaj7/A Fmaj7 Cmaj9/G Am7
Tell me why did you promise you’d always return?
Am C Am/E add4 Am
What are stories if nobody listens?
C Fmaj7 Cmaj9/G Am
Do you tell them to stars over waters unknown?
Am C Am/E add4 Am
Do the winds whisper softly like I do?
C Fmaj7 Cmaj9/G Am Am
Do the whales sing you songs when you’re all on your own?
C F G C
I could just wait here in silent devotion
C F G C
Lay here all worried at night in my bed
C F G Em
But I won’t do that, to hell with your ocean
Fmaj7/A Fmaj7/F Cmaj9/G Am Em7 C Dsus2
So I damn you and curse you and wish you were dead
Fmaj7 Dsus2 G Am7
But I need you and want you, you’re still in my head