G I know you’re going soon D It’s ok, I won’t freak G D Can see it in your eyes, you’ve been moving out for weeks Am D You’ve found a girl, she’s so much prettier than me Am She’s much cleverer than me D She’s so much happier than me G D You want a lover who takes time over her looks G D Not some stupid kid who’s always wrapped up in her books Am D But can I help it if a sentence makes me cry? Am And the pavement makes me cry D And the thought of you and I G Oh, just leave D There’s nothing much I want to say G But close the door D Am You know how the atmosphere decays my bones D I feel the atoms on my skin Am D Oh, I feel the matter closing in G D From my perch I see the universe as one G D See the planets in their glory, slowly dancing with the sun Am D See my ancestors in monkey costumes fucking on the rocks Am D See the priestess and her brother and the farmer and his crops G D All these sacred histories have led to this one day G D When you face me on the stairs and say you have to go away Am D And time stops like ice where all around it once was hot Am D So don’t begrudge a girl her books cos they’re all a girl has got G They sit there now D The words unflinching in their strength G You see I only ever read D Cos I wish I was brave as them Am D And I know these words will never leave me standing on the stairs Am D Just like my frozen ancestors they always will be there Am D In print, just like your image on my heart Am D For ever like the planets light the dark Am D Just like our world is waltzing with the sun Am D Just like when this world explodes it makes another one G Oh you, just leave D I always wanted you to be free G D But next time you see the planets try and think of me Am D And this moment on a stairway where I thought that I could see Am D All the atoms in your lover, she’s much prettier than me Am D And can I help it if an atom makes me cry? Am D I can’t help it if she’s happier than I