Verse 1] [G/B] Common sense sits across from me [F#/A#] Hands folded on the table [Em/G] It doesn’t have to raise its voice [D/F#] It already knows the angle [G/B] It says, “You’ve made this trade before.” [F#/A#] I smile like I’ve got news [Em/G] “Yeah… but every rule you’ve learned” [D/F#] Has someone who slipped through.” ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] [Em7] I know the numbers. [F#maj7] I know the cost. [F#maj7] I know the ledger [Bsus2] Never writes me off. [Em7] Still I keep [F#maj7] Looking for [Bsus2] One mistake inside the odds. ⸻ [Chorus] [G/B] Just one more minute. [F#/A#] Just one more pill. [Em/G] Just one more promise [D/F#] That I swear I’ll finally keep. [G/B] Expected value [F#/A#] Says I should walk. [Em/G] Hope keeps whispering, [D/F#] “Maybe not this time.” [Em7] I’m bargaining [F#maj7] With common sense, [Bsus2] Trying to buy tomorrow With money I’ve already spent. ⸻ [Verse 2] [G/B] No avalanche begins as one [F#/A#] It starts with borrowed inches [Em/G] Every compromise [D/F#] So small it barely registers [G/B] I never chose the ending [F#/A#] Just the next exception [Em/G] Thinking I was changing fate [D/F#] By changing one decision ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] [Em7] I know the pattern. [F#maj7] I know the trend. [F#maj7] I know exactly [Bsus2] Where these stories end. [Em7] Still I think [F#maj7] Maybe I’m [Bsus2] The one they didn’t count. ⸻ [Chorus] [G/B] Just one more minute. [F#/A#] Just one more try. [Em/G] Just enough distance [D/F#] To tell myself I’m fine. [G/B] Every calculation [F#/A#] Points the other way. [Em/G] Still I keep [D/F#] Appealing the equation. [Em7] Certain I can [F#maj7] Out-negotiate [Bsus2] The truth. ⸻ [Bridge] [Em7] Maybe wisdom [F#maj7] Isn’t knowing. [Em7] Maybe wisdom [F#maj7] Is walking anyway. [Em7] I keep confusing [F#maj7] Understanding [Bsus2] With immunity. [Em7] Like seeing every consequence [F#maj7] Should somehow cancel it. [Bsus2] Like awareness Could rewrite probability. ⸻ [Final Chorus] [G/B] Just one more minute. [F#/A#] Just this once. [Em/G] That’s how forever [D/F#] Introduces itself. [G/B] Common sense [F#/A#] Never argues. [Em/G] It just keeps [D/F#] Balancing the books. [Em7] And every time [F#maj7] I think I’ve found [Bsus2] The loophole… [Em7] I’m only proving [F#maj7] The theorem [Bsus2] Again.
