Cm G |
Ab G ||x3
Cm G |
Ab Bb |
G |
G
Cm |
Ab Fm |x2
Cm |
Ab Fm
Sleeping on a time bomb, staring into space
|
Cm |
Ab Eb Bb |
There's an ocean of unpleasantries we are not prepared to face
Cm |
Ab Fm
Sitting on the fence post to watch the storm roll in
|
Cm |
Ab Eb Bb |
And terrified of the damage it will bring when it begins
Cm |
Eb Bb |
It will begin
[Pre Chorus]
Cm |
Bb Fm
Splintered dreams of unity [our lives are parallel]
Cm |
Bb Fm
So far from reality [our lives are parallel]
Cm |
Bb Fm
Independent trajectories [our lives are parallel]
Cm |
Bb Fm
Separate terms of equality [our lives are parallel]
Cm G|Ab
G x4
Our lives are parallel x4
Cm |
Ab Fm
Is there no redemption? no common good?
|
Cm |
Ab Eb Bb |
Is there nothing we can do for ourselves? or only what we should?
Cm |
Ab Fm
Comes the hard admission of what we don't provide
Cm |
Ab Eb Bb |
Goes the insistence on the ways and means that so divide
Cm |
Eb Bb |
They so divide
[Prechorus 2]
Cm |
Bb Fm
Side by side suffering loneliness [our lives are parallel]
Cm |
Bb Fm
Phony collective progress [our lives are parallel]
Cm |
Bb Fm
Accepting that it's all such a mess [our lives are parallel]
Cm |
Bb Fm
Gesturing without hope of redress [our lives are parallel]
Cm G|Ab
G x4
Our lives are parallel x4
Ab |
Bb |
B |B
Forging little plays of deception and pain
Ab |
Bb |
B |B
As we watch our foundation crumble away
Ab |
Bb |
B |Gb
Staggering like birds against a hurricane
Db |
Ab |Eb |
Bb
And trying all the while to stay out of each other's
Cm Bb |
Ab G
way
Cm Bb |
Ab G
[Prechorus 3]
Cm |
Bb Fm
Broken dreams of unity [our lives are parallel]
Cm |
Bb Fm
Independent trajectories [our lives are parallel]
CmScreaming out for Bbunderstanding [our lFmives are parallel]
Cm | Bb Fm
Turning inward and suffering [our lives are parallel]
Cm G|Ab
G x4
Parallel x4
Cm G|Ab
G x4
Our lives are parallel [our lives are parallel]
Cm G|Ab
G x4
Parallel x4
