Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

So here I sit looking at the traffic lights

 The red extinguishes the hope that the green ignites

 I want to run away I want to ditch my life

 Cause all of my mistakes keep me awake at night

 And after all of my alibis desert me

I just want to get by

 I don't want nothing to hurt me

I had no idea where my head was at

 But if my heart says I'm sorry can we leave it at that

 Because I just want for all of this to end

 And I so hate consequences

 And running from you is what my best defense is

Ohh....... Consequences

 Oh God, don't make me face up to this

 And I so hate consequences

 And running from you is what my best defense is

Cause I know that I let you down

And I don't want to deal with that

Intro repeated*

It just now hit me this is more than just a set back

And when you spelled it out, well, I guess I didn't get that

And every trace of momentum is gone

 And this isn't turning out the way I want

And after all of my alibis desert me

I just want to get by

I don't want nothing to hurt me

 I had no idea where my head was at

 But if my heart says I'm sorry can we leave it at that

 Because I just want for all of this to end

 And I so hate consequences

 And running from you is what my best defense is

Ohh....... Consequences

 Oh God, don't make me face up to this

 And I so hate consequences

 And running from you is what my best defense is

Cause I know that I let you down

And I don't want to deal with that

 And I spent all last night

 Tearing down

Every stoplight

 And stop sign in this town

Now I think there might

 Be no way to stop me now

I'll get away despite

 The fact I'm so weighed down

 All of my escapes have been exhausted

I thought I had a way but then I lost it

And my resistance was once much stronger

And I know I can't go on like this much longer

When I got tired of running from you

 I stopped right there to catch my breath

 There your words they caught my ears

 You said, "I miss you son. Come home"

 And my sins, they watched me leave

 And in my heart I so believed

 The love you felt for me was mine

 The love I'd wished for all this time

And when the doors were closed

I heard no I told you so's

 I said the words I knew you knew

 Oh God, Oh God I needed you

God all this time I needed you, I needed you

 And I so hate consequences

 And running from you is what my best defense is

I hate these Consequences

 And I know that I let you down

And I don't want to deal with that

Outro