Em Cmaj7 Am7 C
Em Cmaj7 Am C

[Verse 1]
Em               Cmaj7
Trace around her lips
Am7                  C                  Em
With his fingers, he tries to draw on a smile
        Cmaj7
Give it time
Am7                 C                            Em
These scars are the stars that will show you the light."

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Em            Cmaj7
And now she's all he sees;
   Am7            C
He stays awake to watch her breathe
Em          Cmaj7
The unheard melodies;
    Am7                C
The grace notes of her restless sleep

[Chorus]
Em      Am
Hold me now
D                 C
Don't let it fade away from here
Em      Am
Hold me now
D                 C
Don't let it fade away from here
C
Oh
        Em
It's so clear…

[Instrumental]
Cmaj7 Am7 C
Em Cmaj7 Am7 C

[Verse 2]
    Em            Cmaj7
His tattered undershirt—
Am7         C                        Em
A souvenir that she likes to breathe in
    Cmaj7
She sighs—
Am7              C                      Em
Days spent doing nothing unconscious of time

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Em           Cmaj7
And now he's all she sees;
    Am7            C
She stays awake to watch him breathe
Em          Cmaj7
The unknown poetry;
       Am7           C
Sweet sonnets of how it should be

[Chorus 2]
Em      Am
Hold me now
D                 C
Don't let it fade away from here
Em      Am
Hold me now
D                 C
Don't let it fade away from here
Em      Am
Hold me now
D                 C
Don't let it fade away from here
Em      Am
Hold me now
D                 C
Don't let it fade away from here
C
Oh

[Bridge]
     Em                              C
Well everybody might just have these same ideas--
C
The same plan--
  G
I suppose...
  D
I suppose...
     Em                              C
Well everybody might just have these same ideas--
C
The same plan--
  G
I suppose...
  D
I suppose...

[Verse 3]
      Em              Cmaj7
We've found a perfect niche:
Am7                  C                           Em
Where plastic meets perfect, kill substance with style...
     Cmaj7
But inside
Am7                  C
We get burned by the fuel that we cannot deny

[Chorus]
Em      Am
Hold me now
D                 C
Don't let it fade away from here
Em      Am
Hold me now
D                 C
Don't let it fade away from here
Em      Am
Hold me now
D                 C
Don't let it fade away from here
Em      Am
Hold me now
D                 C
Don't let it fade away from here