Tom: Gm 

Intro: Am  G  F  C  Gm  F  C  Am  G  F  C  Gm  F  C

 Gm              F          Gm        F
 You'll never see the courage I know
 Gm          F                     Gm                        F
 Its colors' richness won't appear within your view


 E            Dm     E                 Dm
 I'll never glow - the way that you glow
 Gm                  F                     E                                Dm
 Your presence dominates the judgments made on you


 Am            G                          F        C
 But as the scenery grows, I see in different lights
 Am                     G            F                     C
 The shades and shadows undulate in my perception
 Am             G                          F                          C
 My feelings swell and stretch; I see from greater heights
 F                             Dm                         Am           C
 I understand what I am still too proud to mention - to you


 C                    F                 Am                G
 You'll say you understand, but you don't understand
 C                       F                    Am                G
 You'll say you'd never give up seeing eye to eye
 F                    Am                       G                   Am
 But never is a promise, and you can't afford to lie

 Instrumental:  
Em  G  F  C  Gm  F  C  Am  G  F  C   F  C

 Gm              F         Gm                     F 
 You'll never touch - these things that I hold
 Gm            F                   Gm                    F
 The skin of my emotions lies beneath my own
 E                 Dm  E              Dm
 You'll never feel the heat of this soul
 F                                 Dm                 C   
 My fever burns me deeper than I've ever shown - to you
 C                       F                          Am           G
 You'll say, Don't fear your dreams, it's easier than it seems


 C                       F                  Am                       G
 You'll say you'd never let me fall from hopes so high
 F                    Am                       G                   Am
 But never is a promise, and you can't afford to lie

 Instrumental:  
G   F  C  Gm  F  C  Am  G  F  C  Gm  F  C

 Gm              F         Gm         F
 You'll never live the life that I live
 Gm        F                       Gm                     F
 I'll never live the life that wakes me in the night
 E                 Dm        E               Dm
 You'll never hear the message I give
 F                                         Dm                       C       
 You'll say it looks as though I might give up this fight


 Am            G                          F                    C
 But as the scenery grows, I see in different lights
 Am                     G            F                     C
 The shades and shadows undulate in my perception
 Am             G                          F                          C
 My feelings swell and stretch; I see from greater heights
 F                           Dm                      C
 I realize what I am now too smart to mention - to you


 C                F                  Am             G
 You'll say you understand, you'll never understand
 C                      F            Am                   G
 I'll say I'll never wake up knowing how or why
 C                 F                           Am                  G
 I don't know what to believe in, you don't know who I am
 C              F                        Am                  G
 You'll say I need appeasing when I start to cry
 F                    Am   G                 F       G   Am  G  F  C  Am
 But never is a pro - mise and I'll never need a lie