F#                     B
Always heard about how cruel the world could be
F#                        B
Guess I had to see it for myself
F#                        B
Got too swept up in false ideas of destiny
F#                                 B
Time to put this dream back on the shelf



[Pre-Chorus]
    D#m
But how do you reconcile
B                           F#    C#
What you feel with what you know?
D#m                 B
How do you force the heart
                 F#  C#
To simply let it go?



[Chorus]
F#
You take a step back

You take a breath in
B
Silently make your peace with
C#
Having to start again
F#
Capture this moment in your mind
        A#m         B
Do your best not to cry
              C#
As you say goodbye
                  F#   B F# B
And you close the door


[Verse 2]
F#                      B
A curtain falls upon an empty darkened stage
F#                     B
No one to see my final bow
F#                             B
I walk the streets, the people seem to be the same
F#                             B
Yet everything has changed somehow


[Pre-Chorus]
D#m                     B
They told you not to mistake
                           F#   C#
What you want for what you need
      D#m
Don't let them watch you deflate
B                        F#   C#
When it turns out life agreed



[Chorus]
F#
Put on a brave face

Back to reality
B
Mask the shame inside so
C#
Nobody else can see
F#
Ignore the murmurings of
         A#m        B
All the "I told you so"s
                    C#
That's just how it goes
                   F#   B F# B
When you close the door



[Bridge]
F#
And I don't know what made me
     A#m
Think I was different from
    B
The millions of dreamers
    C#
Who share this yearning
F#
My life's not over and I'll
A#m
Find ways to move on
         B
Can't be stuck in this moment
          C#
While the world keeps on turning
             D#m   C#   B
Please don't leave me behind
             D#m   C#   B
Please don't leave me behind