(intro) A#m F# C# F
        A#m F# C# G#

A#m                        F#
I know its not your fault, but I'm a locked door
C#              F
Anytime I'm a mess by someone before
A#m               F#
And I wish that I, I could find a key
C#                 G#
To unlock all the things that you want us to be

F#            C#              F
Let me open up and start again,
F
But there's a safe around my heart
F#            C#              G#
I don't know how to let you in,
G#
And that's what keeps us apart

A#m                   F#
And that's why I need time.
     D#m      G#m
I said I need you
              A#m            F#  D#m  G#
I need you, you understand, you, you, you
              A#m            F#m   C#   F
I need you, you understand, you, you, you

Call up the locksmith,
Tell him we need him quick
We've got a million keys,?
None of them seem to fit
While your on the phone,
call up the clocksmith,
Cuz I could use some time,
Even the slightest bit

Let me open up and start again,
And break this safe around my heart
I don't know how to let you in,
And that's what keeps us apart

And that's why I need time
I said I need you
I need you to understand, you, you, you

I need you to understand

D#m
I'm thinking now's the time,
                      G#
Maybe its time to go, if I gave you my heart, be gentle,
D#m
I'm tired of laying low, lets give the world a show
G#                            F# C# G#
And when you know, you know,
G#                                     F# C# G#
And when you know, you know, you know

And when you know, you know, you know, you know

And that's why I need time
I said I need you,
I need you to understand, you, you, you (2x)

                   A#m     G#
I need you to understand
                   A#m     G#
I need you to understand
                   A#m     G#
I need you to understand
                 F
I need you to understand
       A#m F# C#      F      A#m   F#   C#  G#
I need you,  I need you, I need you, you, you