G
How many hours have I spent
        C                 G
Watching this shining tv
C                             Em
Living adventure in proxy
    D                          C
In another person's dream
G
How many miles have I traveled
                 C                   G
Looking at far away lights
                      C                                     Em
Listening for trains in the distance
      D                                  C
In some brilliant other life?

   A
This cup, this cup
C               G
I wanna drink it up
A                  C            G
To be right here in the middle of it
A
Right here, right here
C               G
This challenging reality
                            C  G/B  A           G
Is better than fear or fantasy


G
So take up what we've been given
C                           G
Welcome the edge of our days
     C                                            Em
Hemmed in by sunrise and sunset
D                                 C
By our youth and by our age
G
Thank God for our dependence
C                        G
Here's to our chasm of need
C                                    Em
And how it binds us together
D                          G
In faith and vulnerability

   A
This cup, this cup
C               G
I wanna drink it up
A                  C            G
To be right here in the middle of it
A
Right here, right here
C               G
This challenging reality
                            C  G/B  A           G
Is better than fear or fantasy

                            C  G/B  A           G
Is better than fear or fantasy


C                G


C                G                       C          G
What if my whole world falls apart?
C                G                       C          G
What if my life could be different?
C                G                            Am
What if I sat right here and took you in
G/B                                          C
Without the fear and loved you whole
G                             C
Without the flight and didn't try to pass
A
This cup ,this cup


C               G
I wanna drink it up
A                  C            G
To be right here in the middle of it
A
Right here, right here
C               G
This challenging reality
                            C  G/B  A           G
Is better than fear or fantasy
                            C  G/B  A           G
Is better than fear or fantasy
                            C  G/B  A           G
Is better than fear or fantasy

C           G