We Carry The Feeling

A D Search through the sky for a sign or a simple suggestion A D I waited all night, but I was fast asleep when it knocked upon my door F#m E It gets lonely here when it's just me and my questions D Dm Jetsam in the Ether, pulsars pole not drawing anymore A E F#m E (2x) A E F#m I remember it like yesterday D A F#m E Thought that you were lovely, I just didn't know what to say A E F#m E There's all these protocols that get in the way A E F#m We were on the edge of seventeen D A F#m E All we knew to say were things we didn't mean A E F#m E 'Til impressed you with my wit, it seemed D A I learned so much from magazines and television D A About how men relate through rules to tell them how D A Oh, I saw the signals with precision F#m The moments when our habits faltered E Omens of desires unhaltered A E F#m E (2x) A E F#m It wasn't long 'til we were sharing beds D A F#m E With different dressings on the dreams appearing in our heads A E F#m E I wanted a lover, you a brother instead A E F#m Either way, these things were hard to name D A F#m E Me, always wondering, did we feel the same? A E F#m E And after a while, all I could feel was shame D A Stef said I shouldn't see you anymore D A Clyde, they tried to call me on the phone to say D A Some love's are labors lost, oh, but I'm never sure F#m There's nothing they could tell me about E Made me really want to be alone D A And I felt a funny face F#m E Was a worthless waste, caught a hopeless case D A For sweet boys on sweaty days F#m E Don't know what we crave, it remains unspoken D A The longing outlived the place F#m E D Our artistic taste, it outlived the clothes we wore D A When I feel uncertain now F#m E I remember how we carry the feeling A E F#m E (2x) A E F#m Those were stories that we saved for dark D A F#m E Lost the plot before they'd even start A E F#m E Except once when we were drunk and then you kissed me hard A E F#m And so, I fade into a distant star D A F#m E In the brightest company, but everything's so far A E F#m E Thinking lifetimes pass us, gaseous, things just stay as they are D A I tried to chalk it up to expectation D A Or believe that what I wanted was just wrong D A But now I better understand assimilation F#m I closed ranks among the ones who felt I E Only part belonged among them D A And I felt a funny face F#m E Was a worthless waste, caught a hopeless case D A For sweet boys on sweaty days F#m E Don't know what we crave, it remains unspoken D A The longing outlived the place F#m E D Our artistic taste, it outlived the clothes we wore D A When I feel uncertain now F#m E I remember how we carry the feeling A