As We Fall

Intro: G x2 1-2-1-2-3 Go! [Verso 1] G I walk on my toes because C D G My mother walks on her heels But I'm beginning tounderstand C D G Understandthe way thatshe feels Frozen water on the ground C D G Isa means to the end Only in the fall is relief found C D On the way down she grabs my hand [Refrão] Em G And during those seconds Bm D of weightlessness Em G Bm D She can forget it all Em G Bm All of those sad thoughts D Em Over which she obsesses D C D She is in the moment [Verso 2] G As she falls I'm spinning on the floor again C D G My guts spilled onto the street Scraping knees and elbows on cement C D G Sharp stones they stab my bare feet Went swimming naked in the Grand C D G River water burns my face I'm yelling pleading to my C D friends Just let me float away [Refrão] Em G And during those seconds Bm D of weightlessness Em G Bm D I can forget it all Em G Bm I look up at the stars D Let the water take me Em D C D I am in the moment [Refrão] G F# Em D C As I fall I needed you so far away D You pull me close but never stay G F# Em D C This distance is your only way D To stay together you must escape [Refrão] G F# I needed you so far away Em D To pull me in but never stay C This distance is your only way D G To stay together you must escape F# Em D We're not so different after all C D G I reach for you you reach me as we fall