A  Bm

[Verse]
           D     G                  A
Such magic things does a bare heart bring,
Bm
Rare and fragile,
D                          G
Crumbling with the easiest pressure.
A       Bm               D
So with great trepidation
  G                      A
I let in those words you wrote,
  Bm                  Bb     A
A gift from a similar stranger.

[Interlude]
D  Bm  G  A

[Chorus]
A               Bm           D
Doesn't it feel good to sing?
            G                 A
When you've lost grip on everything
          Bm                           D
Open your chest, breathe it out on the floor,
        G               A
Or what was any of this for?
     Bm                D
What happened broke my heart
        G                  A
And I'm sure that it broke yours.
       Bm                        D
But if you can't feel alive from this
             G
What was any of it for?

[Interlude]
A  Bm  D  G  (x2)

[Verse]
A                 Bm      D
I may have seemed distant;
       G             A
Like I wasn't on the page.
            Bm
I showed my best side tonight
        D                      G
Now I'm crossing over into the grey space.
A        Bm      D
Kindly I ask you,
      G                          A
If we didn't have these songs to play
        Bm                     A
Would I be such an interesting party
A
Or just another unwelcome face?

[Chorus]
A               Bm           D
Doesn't it feel good to sing?
            G                 A
When you've lost grip on everything
          Bm                           D
Open your chest, breathe it out on the floor,
        G               A
Or what was any of this for?
     Bm                D
What happened broke my heart
        G                  A
And I'm sure that it broke yours.
       Bm                        D
But if you can't feel alive from this
             G
What was any of it for?

[Interlude]
D  A

[Bridge]
D
You can either write it or you can't
D
But you can't make demands
     A
On a mind with other plans.
    Bm
The hours that you spent
Bm
With your will so bent
      A
Won't bring the moment back. (x2 before second part comes in)
D
It never was easy, even if the past now seems rosy.
A
It takes a little distance.
A
Your perspective's grown oh so cozy.
Bm
Sure it gets harder, sure it does.
A
Everything's harder, when the children grow up
A
To get what they wanted. (repeat til end on D)