Key:
Introduction:
E A C#m B
E
A
This midmorning awakening
C#m B E
This bleak whiteness, nothingness
A C#m
The eye that stares through your mirror
B E
A suction entanglement
A
On stained sheets
C#m B E
Figures with no regrets
A C#m B C#m
Their doubts cast a shadow here
B C#m
The time drifts
B C#m
The time swells
A B E
The skies melt
A C#m B E
In my dream I am older
A C#m
Everything is soft out of focus
B E A
There's this sound which disturbs me
C#m B E
A clarinet plays in the distance
A C#m
Everything turns black and white
B E
Black or white
A C#m
I must go to work
B E
I know where it is
A C#m
I've been there before
B C#m
I'll go there this time
B C#m
They will not have to force me
B C#m
I'll go there willingly
A B E A C#m E B
I'll go there today
A C#m
This could be New York
E
This could be London
C#m
I don't care anymore
E A
I'm wearing this suit
C#m
A black suit
E
I'm wearing this tie
C#m
A black tie
A
I'm carrying this case
C#m
A black case
B
I walk down the street
E A
The people are staring
C#m B E
The taxi cab is slower
A C#m
A piano falls from above
B C#m
It smashes in front of me
B C#m
I fall to the floor
B C#m
I open this door
A
I'm back in my room
B E A C#m B E
I see two people asleep
A
This midmorning awakening
C#m E B
This bleak grey whiteness, nothingness
A C#m B
The eye that stares through your mirror
E A C#m
In such an entanglement
B E A
I see two figures asleep
C#m
They look older
B E
You look older
A
We're all older
C#m B
We're all older
E A C#m B C#m
Let us join them in their dreams
B C#m
We're only four hours
B C#m
We're only four moments
A B E
We're only here too long