[Intro – solo piano, sparse, dark] Cm – Ab – Eb – Bb [Verse 1 – hushed, close to the mic, fragile] Cm Ab I wanna take you somewhere the lights are low, Eb Bb But you're still in a house I used to know, Cm Ab I fold your letters, I set your cup, Eb Bb Pretend the morning won't wake me up. [Verse 2] Cm Ab I wanna tell you that I'm doing fine, Eb Bb But I count the cracks in the ceiling line, Cm Ab Your perfume lingers on the stair, Eb Bb And I still set a place for no one there. [Pre-Chorus – tension building, voice trembling] Fm Cm And I wanna be kind, I wanna be true, Ab Bb But every road I take leads back to you. [Chorus – full piano, raw voice, desperate] Cm Ab I cannot give you what you gave to me, Eb Bb Another love, another name, another memory, Cm Ab And I'm sorry that I'm broken, I'm sorry that I'm cold, Eb Bb I'm holding someone's hand, but it's you I hold. [Verse 3 – quiet again, bitter] Cm Ab She says my name like she's learning a song, Eb Bb I nod and smile and I play along, Cm Ab But the heart is a house with a locked back door, Eb Bb And you still live there, like you did before. [Pre-Chorus] Fm Cm And I wanna be kind, I wanna be true, Ab Bb But every road I take leads back to you. [Chorus – louder, falsetto cracking on the last line] Cm Ab I cannot give you what you gave to me, Eb Bb Another love, another name, another memory, Cm Ab And I'm sorry that I'm broken, I'm sorry that I'm cold, Eb Bb I'm holding someone's hand, but it's you I hold. [Bridge – stripped back, then building] Fm Ab So take the light, take the ghost of me, Cm G Leave the door open, let me be, Fm Ab I'll learn to love without your sound, Cm G But not tonight, not yet, not now. [Final Chorus – maximum intensity, voice breaking] Cm Ab I cannot give you what you gave to me, Eb Bb Another love, another name, another memory, Cm Ab And I'm sorry that I'm broken, I'm sorry that I'm cold, Eb Bb I'm holding someone's hand... but it's you I hold. [Outro – solo piano, fading] Cm – Ab – Eb – Bb – Cm (last note rings out... silence)
