Key: G
Introduction: G G
G
Watching light through water
C
I want to bend the way it bends
Em D
You slice like a knife through the surface
C
But what a thrill to see it mend
Am C
With no scar, no memory
G Am
I&rsquo m envious, why pretend I&rsquo m not
G
Wading in up to the ankles
C
The cold speaks straight to my bones
Em D
Whole body and soul hesitation
C
I am a coward turned to stone
Am C
I stay there for centuries
G F Em Am
So all of history knows about it
D
But hey hey
D
We made it to the longest day
D
And the sun, the wind the earth
D
Are wearing me away
G C
The shame! I wish that I was brave enough to dive in
Em D
But I never have been and never will be
C G
I&rsquo m coming in hot then freezing completely
C
The shame! I wish that I could say what I&rsquo ve been thinking
Em D
But I never have done and never will do
C
Still only knees deep, I&rsquo ll never be brave like you
G
Lighten up like a candle
C
I&rsquo m as likely to go out
Em D
You can sigh from the bottom of your lungs
C
Until the house gets blown down
Am C
One step, then two, then three
G F Em Am
&lsquo Til I&rsquo ve forgotten how to count them
D
But hey hey
D
We made it to the longest day
D
And the river&rsquo s ready current
D
Can carry me away
G C
The shame! I wish that I was brave enough to dive in
Em D
But I never have been and never will be
C G
I&rsquo m coming in hot then freezing completely
C
The shame! I wish that I could say what I&rsquo ve been thinking
Em D
But I never have done and never will do
C
Still only knees deep, I&rsquo ll never be brave like you
G C Em D C
G C Em D C
D
G C
The shame! I wish that I was brave enough to dive in
Em D
But I never have been and never will be
C G
I&rsquo m coming in hot then freezing completely
C
The shame! I wish that I could say what I&rsquo ve been thinking
Em D
But I never have done and never will do
C G
Still only knees deep, I&rsquo ll never be brave like you