E     F#              B          F#
   Light struck from the lemon tree
A          G#m       F#              E            B    C#m    B
   What if I’d never seen hysterical light from Eugene?
E        B       F#          G#m
   Lemon yoghurt, remember I pulled at your shirt
F#                              E
   I dropped the ashtray on the floor
                    B        C#m    B
   I just wanted to be near you


[Verse 2]

E          F#            B           F#
   Emerald Park, wonders never cease
A              G#m          F#                      E            B    C#m   B
   The man who taught me to swim, he couldn't quite say my first name
E         B         F#            G#m         F#
   Like a Father he led community water on my head
                      E
   And he called me “Subaru”
                     B        C#m   B
   And now I want to be near you


[Verse 3]

B        A#m6  G#m   F#       E         D#m6          F#     
   Since I was old enough to speak I've said it with alarm
B       A#m6    G#m    F#           E
   Some part of me was lost in your sleeve
             D#m6         F#
   Where you hid your cigarettes
                    E
   No I’ll never forget
                     B        C#m   B
   I just want to be near you


[Verse 4]

E          F#             B          F#
   Still I pray to what I cannot see
A         G#m         F#                E              B     C#m   B
   In the sprinkler I mark the evidence known from the start
E           B             F#                    G#m               F#m
   From the bed near your death, and all the machines that made a mess
                       E
   Far away the falcon flew
                    B        C#m   B 
   Now I want to be near you


[Verse 5]

E         F#           B           F#
   What’s left is only bittersweet
A          G#m        F#                  E         B       C#m   B
   For the rest of my life, admitting the best is behind me
E          B          F#                 G#m             F#
   Now I’m drunk and afraid, wishing the world would go away
                               E
   What’s the point of singing songs
                         B         C#m   B
   If they’ll never even hear you?