Em
I can't stand the mechanical breath,
Em
And i'm scared I could slowly love you to death.
D
I can never let go.
Em
On and on we are counting the formulas.
Em
We've become the modern equation,
D
The numbers of hope.
C G D
And I wont feed us lies here,
C G D
They're not giving us much time.
Am G D
I'd give anything to make it better, baby.
Am G D
This is something I can't change.
Am G D
Oh, this silence could go on forever.
Am G D
Am I walking with you in your dreams?
Em
These metaphors for conditions and phobias--
Em D
We'll pretend that we can explain, but we know we don't know.
C Am
We can't be led by fear, dear.
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Am G D
I'd give anything to make it better, baby.
Am G D
This is something I can't change.
Am G D
Oh, this silence could go on forever.
Am G D
Am I walking with you in your dreams tonight?
Bridge:
Am, G, D
Am G D
I'd give anything to make it better, baby.
Am G D
This is something I can't change.
Am G D
Oh, this silence could go on forever.
Am G D
Am I walking with you in your dreams?
Am G D
(I'd give anything to make it better, baby.)
Hello? Hello? Can you hear me?
Am G D
(This is something I can't change.)
Can you show me that you understand?
Am G D
(Oh, this silence could go on forever.)
Hello? Hello? Can you hear me?
Am G D
(Am I walking with you in your dreams?)
Can you show me that you understand?
Bridge:
Am, G, D
Am G D
We thought we had it all figured out,
Am G D
But we don't know the half of it.
Am G D
And somebody will come and save us all.
Am G D
And somebody will come and let us out,
Am G D
Let us out of our cages.