Em                           C
It was upon row of houses, tight skirts and baggy trousers
Bm
Grey men and cheap disguises, high hopes and higher rises
Em
There lived a girl who was on a mission
C
There lived a boy who was under suspicion
Bm
Tried hard to stay beside her
Bm
Until the devil put his seed inside her
Em                   C   
How? You know how... Sleep too long and the sand runs out
Bm 
So close to midnight
Em           C           Bm
Time to fly, do or die, stung in the headlights

[Chorus]
Em            C
Here we lie, high and dry
Bm
The world will never see you till you open your eyes
Em              C
Say goodnight, kill the light
Bm                                          Em
The world will never hear you tonight, Idlewild

[Verse]
Em
For two years he tried to reach her
C
Worshiped the ground beneath her
Bm
She, she was always running... He, he saw the end was coming
Em
But now the story takes a turning
C
She wakes up and her sheets are burning
Bm                                                     Em
Head down against the fire... Now, now, now the table turns
Em                C
She won't learn, sleep too long and your bed starts burning
Bm
So close to midnight
Em        C                 Bm
Idlewild you don't know if you never need to

[Chorus]
Em            C
Here we lie, high and dry
Bm
The world will never see you till you open your eyes
Em              C
Say goodnight, kill the light
Bm                                          Em     C    Bm 
The world will never hear you tonight, Idlewild... Idlewild

[Verse]
Em
I thought that we were good together
C
I thought that we could weather the weather
Bm
Whether or not the whys, the wherefores
Bm
High hopes are only there because, because
Em
Because I thought the only thing between us
C
Was something shallow, not a river so deep we see it
Bm
Dredge up the wreckage our parents left us
Bm
And lay it on the banks to rot and fester
Em
And smell it like a death star
C
In Gretna Green, Derby, Manchester
Bm
I don't want to hear it now

[Chorus]
Em            C
Here we lie, High and dry
Bm
The world will never see you till you open your eyes
Em              C
Say goodnight, kill the light
Bm                                          Em   C       Bm
The world will never hear you tonight, Idlewild... Idlewild
Em               C        Bm   Em
Kill the light, Idlewild...