I Watched You Taking Off

F#m9 E/G# E E6 E7 E6 F#m9 E/G# E E6 E7 E6 F#m9 E/G# E E6 E7 E6 Meaning is sometimes hard to spot F#m9 E/G# E E6 E7 E6 It begins with the flickering of cigarettes F#m9 E/G# In the darkness of a dorm room E F#m9 E/G# Somewhere in the suffocated E E6 E7 E6 mid-west F#m9 E/G# E E6 E7 E6 But if this is real then I was mistaken F#m9 E/G# E E6 E7 E6 And if there is truth then why can't we find it? F#m9 E/G# E E6 E7 E6 But beauty comes to those who have been waiting F#m9 E/G# E for something that is bigger than themselves C#m7 Bsus2 But this is the sound of the hopeless kids E E As they scream from the basements of the houses of their parents C#m7 Bsus2 And this is the sound of the hopeless ones E E As they stare down at their books and realize they have been lied to F#m9 E/G# E E6 E7 E6 But if this is real then I was mistaken F#m9 E/G# E If the vision's gone then I was not aware F#m9 E/G# E Consistency like that which I have craved F#m9 E/G# E Is that people change so unexpectedly F#m9 E/G# E E6 E7 E6 And realization finds you in a drunken airport F#m9 E/G# E Some planes depart and others never arrived F#m9 E/G# E E6 E7 E6 So with this in mind I don't plan on waiting F#m9 E/G# E If its time to leave and break these old ties F#m9 E/G# E E6 E7 E6 Without something more the vision is fading F#m9 E/G# E But until its gone the pain will make us try - it'll make us try C#m7 Bsus2 But this is the hope I've been searching for E E As the wings catch the sunlight of the cold Nebraska skyline C#m7 Bsus2 And this is the dream I am dying in E E As I wake to find tomorrow, be content without perfection F#m9 E/G# E But if this is real then I was mistaken F#m9 E/G# E And if the vision is gone then I was not aware