When I Was Older

When I was old

(F#7)er, I was a sail

(Gmaj7)or on an o pen sea.

(Bm)But now I'm un der wa

(F#7)ter and my skin is pal

(Gmaj7)er than it should ev er be.

(Bm)Mm.

(Bm)I'm on my back a gain,

dream ing of a time and place where you and (Gmaj7)I re main the best of friends.

E ven af ter all this ends,

(F#7)can we pre tend?

(Bm)I'm on my,

I'm on my back a (F#7)gain.

It's seem ing more and more like all we ev er (Gmaj7)do is see how far it bends be fore it breaks in half and then

(F#7)we bend it back a gain.

(Bm)Guess I got caught in the mid dle of it.

Yes, I've been taught, got a lit tle of it in my (F#7)blood,

in my blood.

(Gmaj7)Mem o ries burn like a for est fire.

Heav y rain turns an y fu n'ral pyre to (F#7)mud

in the flood.

(Bm)When I was old

(F#7)er, I was a sail

(Gmaj7)or on an o pen sea.

(Bm)But now I'm un der wa

(F#7)ter and my skin is pal

(Gmaj7)er than it should ev er be.

(Bm)I'm watch ing mov ies back to back in black and white.

I nev er (G)seen an y bod y do it like I do it an y bet ter.

(F#7)Been go ing o ver you,

I'm o ver due for new en deav ors.

No bod y lone ly like I'm lone ly and I don't know wheth er (Gmaj7)you'd real ly like it in the lime light.

You'd sym pa thize with all the bad guys.

(F#7)I'm still a vic tim in my own right,

but I'm the vil lain in my own eyes.

yeah.

(Bm)When I was old

(F#7)er, I was a sail

(Gmaj7)or on an o pen sea.