Bandages Of Time

C                              Am
I always try to leave a little part of me off
C                          C Am C
Somewhere deep inside you
C                               Am
But the ones that have been breaking off lately
C                               C Am G
Just seem so far from my truth
F                                                     C      G
I watched your eyes both parting tears like they were Moses
F                                       C        G
And your savior standing off on distant shores
F                              C                     G
Wondering if I had ever really noticed the man I was before
                   C
If he was there anymore

[Verse 2]
C                                              Am
And I always thought I could predict both our futures
         C                           C Am C
From the way your lips went sailing
C                              Am
Oh, but my tongue is a rudder, too
       C                                  C Am G
And it sent me off to find another island
F                                              C      G
I watched you wish that you had never even met me
F                                       C        G
And for your sake, I guess I wish the same
F                                    C                         G
I spent three long day inside of the belly of a whale of your blame
               C
Forgot my real name

[Interlude]
C Am G C (x3)
C Am C

[Verse 3]
C                                    Am
And when we're born, tectonic plates move
         C                      C Am C
Until we grow up to a mountain
C                                   Am
And all our actions break away our youth
       C                              C Am G
But we still dream of it in fountains
F                                              C       G
I'm sorry that I chipped away what makes you strong
F                                       C          G
I was searching for myself beneath your stones
F                                             C                       G
But I just found there is no cure for all our longings in a temporary home,
              C
so I left you alone

C                                    Am
And I awoke with your pain beating hard
           C                          C Am C
Against my heart till it went faster
C                                   Am
And the sky was full of flames and the sun
            C                         C Am G
Was tossing rays like God's laughter
F                                          C       G
But how am I supposed to learn to walk on water
F                                  C         G
When I am the only reason for the storm?
F                                       C                         G
And the only thing that I have called a master keeps changing its form
                    C
Since the day I was born

[Interlude]
C Am (x3)
C Am F Am

[Verse 4]
F                                        C          G
Well, I know that words could never ever heal this;
F                         Am                 G
You must wrap yourself in bandages of time
F                                                C                             G
And the truth will grow from pain that I have caused us Till it falls from the vine
F                                       C          G
And one wind can't blow us in different directions
F                                 C     G
One of us must do the work to row away
F                                    C                                     G
I volunteer my arms to break the wet reflections if it's you that needs to stay
                   C
For some brand new day