G

[verse]
          C
If it was only in our heads, only in our dreams
G
Nothing we ever spoke of, nothing evergreen
                           C
you know I dreamed we were hunted by lions, bursting for air

so we hid out in the brambles and played like we were dead
      G                            D
never terrified of what that might mean

[chorus]
          Em                     C                          G
Why is it clinging to life, this longing that should now be dead?
         Em        D                        G
Why do I need you, feeling your claws in my back?
           Em               C                  G
I've got a few ideas and an image of you in my bed

[verse]
          C
If it was only a mirage, a hopeless scene
G
Nothing close to water, nothing so serene
                           C
you know I dreamed we were walking a wire across a ravine

locked in on each other and then I hear you scream
      G                       D
but I never saw you open your mouth

[chorus]
          Em                     C                          G
Why is it clinging to life, this longing that should now be dead?
         Em        D                        G
Why do I need you, feeling your claws in my back?
           Em               C                  G
I've got a few ideas and an image of you in my bed

[instrumental]
G    C     Em     D     G       Em     C      G

[verse]
          C
If it was only for the foolish, decision to careen
G
Nothing that you walk from, nothing so clean
                          C
you know I dreamed of the end of the world, that whole nightmare routine

I found you in the closet with your mother's old tureen
                 G                     D
You said there's one fear I had not confirmed

[final chorus]
          Em                     C                          G
Why is it clinging to life, this longing that should now be dead?
         Em        D                        G
Why do I need you, feeling your claws in my back?
           Em               C                  G
I've got a few ideas and an image of you in my bed
         Em                C                         G
I've got two ideas, and an image of your claws in my back