[Verse 1 - quiet, clean guitar] You bought the good camera The kind they use on the evening news You said if the picture's sharp enough Then they're gonna see it too You pan across the ceiling You narrate every shape And I have watched whole hours Of an empty room on tape [Verse 2 - building] I knew you back before this When the things you built from scratch Ran laps around the best of us Like it wasn't even a match So when you swear it's realer Than the room, than me, than sleep I can't sign my name to that But I'll sign my name to you [Chorus - full band, soaring] So show me anyway Show me anyway You'll see the whole sky open up I'll see an empty frame 'Cause I can't see what you see But I see you all the same So show me anyway Show me anyway [Verse 3 - stripped back, tense] Then a message out of nowhere Like the end was moving day "Take the camera, take the boxes I won't need them anyway" And I forget what I wrote back But I remember what I didn't say [Bridge - half-time, heavy] Whatever else I told you I never said okay I never said okay So keep it all — you're gonna need it I never said okay [Final Chorus - biggest, lead guitar] Now somebody swears they saw you Just the other day Out there somewhere, still recording A thousand miles away And I still can't see what you see But you're out there all the same So show me anyway Wherever you are Show me anyway [Outro - hushed, almost spoken, guitar alone] And the tapes were never empty Your voice is on every one
