Intro: D5 Verse 1: D5 you asked me why I love you and I said "I don't know" D5 And I could tell you were disappointed D5 With that answer so I carried on, said D5 "I mean I've loved a lot of people in my life, or I thought I have D5 I guess I've written them all off when they leave, or I leave them D5 You know, because, that means, doesn't it D5 That means that it couldn't have been love to begin with D5 So why not just write it off? D5 Sorry, that's not really answering your question D5 I mean, I guess I thought I was so xxxxing smart when you met me D5 When I was 23, I finally started to feel like a real person D5 You know, a human being D5 Kept the kind of secrets real people keep D5 Told the kind of lies real people tell D5 -nc- And most exciting of all D5 I loved like I thought real people loved D Never really staying anywhere B5 Perpetually in the process of going somewhere B5 D I thought I was dark, and mysterious, and xxxxing irresistible G Now I look back on 23-year-old me and I think G Jesus Christ man, what a xxxx, what a leech G Treating relationships like an ice cream factory D A Eating all I could handle and then throwing it all up and running away G D And yeah, I'm not 23 anymore, but I'm still me, and what's more D I still want to run away sometimes, a lot of times, actually Bm In that stupid little way I do where I lock myself in my room Bm And I watch strangers play video games G 'Till my brains start to leak all over the sofa G And I get high, and I write, and I sing G And I hope it still sounds good when I'm sober -nc- xxxx, sorry -nc- You asked me a direct question Interlude: D5 D D5 G5 G Verse 2: -nc- G I guess I'm scared that I'm imaginary G That I invent myself every day, so other people don't have to G That who I really am is secondary to what I want everyone else to see G And I'm scared that I'm crazy G But, God help me, I'm twice as scared I'm sane G5 'Cause then what excuse do I have for treating D5 People like problems that need to be solved or explained? D And that's where you come in D You came along, you taught me that people cannot be explained D That we are all ghost stories at the end of the day Bm And maybe we should just aim to stay that way D Maybe there's a reason why we do the Bm Wonderful, horrible things we do to each other Bm But the reasons are too simple to be satisfying D5 G And then we're left forgetting and re-mystifying each other G 'Cause we don't really wanna G5 Understand what makes us hurt each other A No, we don't really wanna understand what makes us hurt each other Bm Ah no, we don't really wanna understand what makes us- -nc- xxxx, sorry -nc- I mean, I've been having a lot of trouble focusing recently -nc- Uh, too much aspartame in the diet, I think D To answer your question, I love you D Because I have to D There is no 'why' about it D Anymore than there's a reason why water vapor gathers in the sky A Or why the nettles in the garden don't go away A No matter how much the guy downstairs tries to keep them at bay A There is no 'why' about it G There is a 'how', I suppose, don't really understand it though G Maybe if I dug around a bit in the soil G I'd find out where all this love comes from and what it's for Bm G But then the question would be answered A Ghost story would be over D There'd be very little point in telling it anymore A Right now, I'm happy just to let it be G Let you be you and me be me G Sleep 'til noon and watch TV Bm Make schemes together G Try not to keep secrets from each other A5 A I just hope to God that we are right when we say G 'I love you' Bm I love you A I just enjoy being around you A5 I don't think I'm going anywhere Outro: G Bm A D Asus4 Gsus2 G Bm A A5 A D A
