G
Well, a goodbye never seems finished
                C            G
Just like these songs that I write
Em                   C
They hang aloft like stars in the night
     Em                              C
'Til there's nothing left but the illusion of light
    D  C                     Em
And you, you could've been mine
     G
Your mother, she's an actress
             C               G
And we're all putting on the play
Em                        C
Give some conviction, pretend it's all real
Em                C
Try to ignore how sad it all feels
     D          C                      Em
Yes, try not to break her heart if you can

[Chorus]
         C
Hold o-o-o-n
                               Em
To whatever you can until it's gone
          C
Carry o-o-o-n
                                    D C G
For none of us will be here for too lo-o-o-ng

[Verse 2]
     G                                C                 G
I'll try not to let the world and its darkness bring me down
Em                        C
Think of the love and the beauty I've found
Em                     C
The simple things that I've left behind
D          C            Em
Oh the way he'd make me laugh

[Chorus]
                  C
But I'll hold o-o-o-n
                              Em
To whatever I can until it's gone
               C
I'll carry o-o-o-n
                                    D C     D C G
For none of us will be here for too lo-ong, lo-o-o-ng

[Bridge]
E  F  E  F

E                     F    E
 But you're a distant star
                      F      E
My darling, you're so far away
                        F   E
You were never meant to stay
               F   E
I reach out to see
                          F   E
If you're still here with me
                 F         C
Babe we could've made it easy
         G
Couldn't we?

[Outro]
    G
Now I will never know you
             C               G
You are just someone passing by
    Em              C
And it makes me sad to think about
        Em                     C
All the stories and fates that I'll be without
      D                
But I think I'm getting used to the silence now