Intro C F C/B C


C
We became the parade on the streets that we once cleaned
F
Expendable soldiers smiling at anything
G                                                 C
Raised on a feeling our lives would have meaning eventually


C
We were once the answer and then you discover
F
Youre actually just one thing after another
G                                                C
And what was the question and why was the lesson so deafening?


C                           C/B
This is all that matters now
                                   F        C/B
And that was all that happened anyhow
                               C    C/B
You can look back but dont stare
                             F       G
Maybe I can love you out of there


            F       C          F       C
And when I went away what I forgot to say
            F      C
Was all I had to say:
         F            G            C
Eight letters, three words, one meaning



C
And outside forces didnt make it easy
F
So I thought Id go before you leave me
G                                            C
Self-preservation was no explanation for anything


C
But the truth is more than we ll ever comprehend
F
Im just starting to understand, my friend
G                                                     C
All of that distance, cause I fell in love with the enemy



C                           C/B
This is all that matters now
                                   F        C/B
And that was all that happened anyhow
                               C    C/B
You can look back but dont stare
                             F       G
Maybe I can love you out of there


A            F       C          F       C
And when I went away what I forgot to say
            F      C
Was all I had to say:
         F            G            C
Eight letters, three words, one meaning


            F       C          F       C
And when I went away what I forgot to say
            F      C
Was all I had to say:
         F            G            C
Eight letters, three words, one meaning


Interlude C F G C


C              G              F
At last, we meet on no mans land
            G            C
Just footprints in the sand
     G               F         G
We meet on no mans land, at last


            F       C          F       C
And when I went away what I forgot to say
            F      C
Was all I had to say:
         F            G            C
Eight letters, three words, one meaning


            F       C          F       C
And when I went away what I forgot to say
            F      C
Was all I had to say:
         F            G            C
Eight letters, three words, one meaning

One meaning


F  C  F  C  F  C  F  G  C
         Just one meaning