Standard (EADGBE)

 So I sit here writing words in our old place

 They all come out as letters

 And I contemplate mistakes that we all make

 Start and the ending of eras

When mystery fades

We identify the problems

 But, they may not be problems after all

Pre-chorus

Shock and dismay, they affect what we say

 We should bite our tongues, we should bite our tongues

'Cause after all, it's only our lives anyway...

Chorus

 And I can't let it bother me

 If fact and fate just can't agree on love, on life

 Can't we stop taking ourselves too seriously?

 So I sit here carving words into the wall

 Words that remind me of just how I was

 I never felt as old and lonely as I felt

 When I was young and in love

When mystery fades

We identify the problems

 But, they may not be problems after all

Pre-chorus

Shock and dismay, they affect what we say

 We should bite our tongues, we should bite our tongues

'Cause after all, it's only our lives anyway...

Chorus

 And I can't let it bother me

 If fact and fate just can't agree on love, on life

 Can't we stop taking ourselves too seriously?

 And I can't let it bother me

 If fact and fate just can't agree on love, on life

 Can't we stop taking ourselves too seriously?

 Too seriously,

 Too seriously...