The Lens

	  		    G                                    C                 G 
You taught me to distrust them with that cold look in your eyes 
    G                              D7 
You told me not to love them but I knew that wasn't right 
         Em       G 
You were wronged, wronged 
    C            G                    D7                  Em 
How could I have ignored the way they mistreated you back then 
   C             G                    D                                Em  Dsus  G 
to find you here trying to clear your head of all these misconceptions 


G                                 C               G 
She wants to be alone for now, at least until she finds 
  G                               D7 
a better way to take the days one minute at a time 
          Em    G 
Now she's gone, gone 
         C                  G                        D7          Em 
from the stealing eyes that run these streets, she's back in her hometown 
  C           G                   D7                               Em  Dsus  G 
I figured I'd returned to mine by now, but I know i'll come around 


G                                     C              G 
They don't seem to notice things that I can't hold inside 
G                               D                D7 
but it makes the days okay when we can drink and smile 
            Em    G    C 
It's been a long, long road 
                 G                 D7                 Em 
down which we've stumbled and I've used more crutches than 
C                  G      D7                                     Em  Dsus  G  G7 
times I've been an honest friend, and to them I’ll be forever in debt 


C     G      Bmaj7 
Where have I been 
    C             D7             Em 
And should I even try to go back home 
C G        Bmaj7 
I feel the wind 
                        C    Cadd9 
pushing me pulling me around 
            G 
rattling my bones 


G                              C              G 
Now my nightmares outweigh any bouts of confidence 
G                                  D7 
I try not to doubt the thought of looking through the lens 
   Em    G 
of song, song 
   C                G                       D7             Em 
to find out why the days and nights have us in this tug of war 
    C                          G        D7 
and what the hell are we still fighting for 
   Em          Dsus   G 
with fingertips grown sore 
     C                 G                   D7 
from fighting blind to stop the wheels of time 
Dsus                   D7          Em  Dsus G  Cadd9  G 
from running this poor boy out of line 


G                                       C                  G 
Were they right, should I have tried to keep face in their game 
    G                                   D7 
Our parents taught that we all ought to respond well to shame 
           Em    Dsus    G 
but we're strong, we are strong 
   C                  G                D7              Em 
in knowing there's no one to blame but us and we can't love 
   C                   G              D7 
if we throw each other underneath the bus 
        C               G                                 Em 
for the blunders of our mothers and the blood-run laws of vengeful fathers 
     C           G                D7 
this pedigree of lies has blinded you and me alike 
                                          Em  Dsus  G 
well here's to hoping time will shed some light 
     C  G  G  G  Cadd9  Em  Dsus  G 
Wohoho...