A                           Bm 
I wish you had been at your memorial
D                           A
Seeing someone proposing on stage
                          Bm
I couldn't get through my song for you
D                           A 
When it came to saying your name
                                Bm
I can still see the room at the hospital
D                   A
Pretty, painted tile
                                  Bm
I can still see your skin turning purple
D            A        E
Milly of the Nile

F#m
Can you hear me?
E
Did you mean it?
F#m
Did you plan it out?
E
Or was it an accident?

A               Bm
Time, time, up and down the blue screen
D                  A
It's dawn and I'm insane
                           Bm
Love's just a word and not what the word means
D                        A
But I'll say it just the same
              Bm
Talking to an entity
D               A
Made of endless night
               Bm
I dream in TV dialogue
D                      A      E
A world of shadow and light

F#m
I know it don't work that way
E
But maybe you'll come back some day
F#m
I know it don't work like that
E
But maybe you can take it back

( A  Bm  D  A )
( A  Bm  D  A )
( E )

A                           Bm
Now that there's no need to say a word
D                A 
Can I still make amends?
                      Bm
But silence, the only kindness I heard
D                     A
Forgiveness, the only revenge
                   Bm
Meeting all of the people
           D            A 
I've heard of from your past
                            Bm          
Reading through all of your letters
D                A     
Looking for your love 

( E )

F#m                       
You told me that love
        E 
Is when someone asks you
        F#m                
"Please leave me alone"
        E
And you really do
            F#m 
You looked into my eyes
                E
'Til I was your mother and son
           F#m
I tried to look away
               E 
But saw you in everyone

A                           Bm
I wish you had been at your memorial
D                           A
Seeing someone proposing on stage