Introduction: Gm D# A# F
Verse 1:
Gm D# A# F
You’re close enough to make me thirst
Gm D# A# F
Close enough to need
Gm D# A# F
And I tried everything to close the distance
Gm D# A# F
But you’re never close enough to reach
Gm D# A# F
And maybe this is like what sailors speak of
Gm D# A# F
When your song sends them crashing to your shore
Gm D# A# F
See, I went off the map so long ago
Gm D# A#
That I don’t know if I can even turn back anymore
Pre Chorus:
D# Gm
And you might be the perfect trick
A#
And I might be the perfect fool
F
But I think you’re worth all of it
Chorus:
D# F
It could all be smoke and mirrors
Gm A#
And I could be no nearer
D#
But I’m just gonna keep trying
F
Climbing, pushing through
Gm
Don’t know how, but I’m gonna get to you
A#
You’re my mirage
Verse 2:
Gm D# A# F
There’s just enough hope to keep dreaming
Gm D# A# F
Enough proof to stay in make believe
Gm D#
And I don’t care how many out there
A# F
Can or don’t or won’t see it
Gm D# A#
I’ve never been safe in certainty
Pre Chorus:
D# Gm
And you might be the perfect trick
A#
And I might be the perfect fool
F
But I think you’re worth all of it
Chorus:
D# F
It could all be smoke and mirrors
Gm A#
And I could be no nearer
D#
But I’m just gonna keep trying
F
Climbing, pushing through
Gm
Don’t know how, but I’m gonna get to you
A#
You’re my mirage
Bridge:
Gm F
You’re the symphony when I’m yet to make a sound
A# D#
You’re the castle I built in the sky when I’m yet to leave the ground
Gm F
You’re everything I cling to when nothing can be found
A# D#
My mirage
D# F
It could all be smoke and mirrors
Gm A#
And I could be no nearer
D#
But I’m just gonna keep trying
F
Climbing, pushing through
Gm
Don’t know how, but I’m gonna get to you
A#
You’re my mirage
Outro:
You’re close enough to make me thirst
Gm D# A# F
Close enough to need
Gm D# A# F
And I tried everything to close the distance
Gm D# A# F
But you’re never close enough to reach