E                           F#      E  
Sometimes I wish that we could all forget 
E                     F#     E
Your figure fades into a silhouette 
  B      F#     E 
But I hear you breathing 
 B   F#     E 
I'm done believing 

E                                 F#        E
We're painting portraits but the canvas is blank 
E                    F#             E
If this life is a gift then who do we pay? 
 G#m      F#                E 
You're desperate for the answer 
 G#m  F#               E 
It eats at you like cancer

E                  B          F#                E 
Tonight won't ever end can we pretend, pretend, pretend 
      E               B                F#                E 
We'll paint the walls instead and I'll pretend, pretend, pretend again

E                          F#       E
Your head is filled with unproven thoughts 
E                     F#       E
Twisting theories into bigger knots 
  B    F#       E           B       F#   E 
And I feel you dreaming, you're done believing  

E                       F#          E 
Try to avoid us but I'm weak to the bone 
E                          F#      E
My inner compass points me to the unknown 
 G#m     F#                 E 
But I still keep running faster 
G#m    F#                    E 
Yea someday I'll find the answer 

E                  B          F#                E 
Tonight won't ever end can we pretend, pretend, pretend 
E                     B                F#                E 
We'll paint the walls instead and I'll pretend, pretend, pretend again 
E    G#m   F#                E 
Ooooooh, pretend, pretend, pretend 
      E               B                 F#                E 
We'll paint the walls instead, and I'll pretend, pretend  pretend again 

E           G#m          
I wanted to know you 
         F#                E 
Though I still don't know myself 
E                   G#m 
I've got so much to show you 
          F#               E    ( E  G#m  F#  E ) 
Won't you show me the way out 

E                  B          F#               E 
Tonight won't ever end can we pretend, pretend, pretend 
E                    B           F#                E 
I don't want this to end so I'll pretend, pretend, pretend again 
E     B  F#                E 
Ooooooh, pretend, pretend, pretend 
E                 B          F#                E     ( E  G#m  F#  E )
Tonight won't ever end can we pretend, pretend, pretend instead 

E           G#m 
Lights turn low 
E           B 
Lights turn low cuz 
                E        G#m 
I don't want to see this ghost so 
           F#              E 
Can I just pretend pretend pretend instead