A/G        D/F#
I'm leaving by night
    Dm/F     A
I'm leaving alone
    A/G        D/F#
I'm leaving it lie
         Dm/F          A
When you waken I'll be gone
  A/G               D/F#
I would not beg for me
     A                 A/G
As I would not beg for you
           D/F#           Dm/F
Though I'd like to be the one
            A
To see you through

      A/G           D/F#
Every step you have taken
     Dm/F           A
Disappears with the tide
A/G                D/F#
You're torn up and shaken
     Dm/F          A
With changing your mind
    A/G             D/F#
You haven't got the grace
       A                 A/G
To say you'll finally decide
        D/F#            Dm/F
And you haven't got the strength
            A
To stay and fight

      A/G
Those people who surround you
     D/F#            Dm/F           A
Only want to see you weak enough to crawl
        A/G
They'll lie for you decide for you
    D/F#            Dm/F                A
And buy up all your rights and all your wrongs
            A/G              D/F#
And they'll try to stop your singing
       Dm/F           A
In the middle of your song
         A/G             D/F#
For they do not want you free
         A                 A/G
And they will not make you strong
         D/F#
But only drag you down
       Dm/F                A
In the hole they're coming from

     A/G         D/F#       Dm/F        A
They say you are foolish in wanting the sun
A/G         D/F#       Dm/F        A
Say you are selfish in learning to run
            A/G                D/F#
And they'll tell you that the darkness
     A
Is a blessing in disguise
        A/G           D/F#
For you never have to notice
           A                A/G
If you're sighted or you're blind
            D/F#
And they'll do their best
   Dm/F              A     A/G  D/F#  Dm/F  A
To keep you from the light

       A/G       D/F#
You're more than beginning
       Dm/F        A
You're learning to fly
    A/G              D/F#
You feel like you're falling
       Dm/F      A
But it passes in time
  A/G           D/F#
I hate to see a friend
            A               A/G
Go down in flames without a song
       D/F#
So I'm waiting by the doorway
      Dm/F             A
But I will not linger long

    A/G        D/F#
I'm leaving by night
    Dm/F    A
I'm leaving alone
    A/G        D/F#
I'm leaving it lie
         Dm/F          A
When you waken I'll be gone
  A/G               D/F#
I would not beg for me
     A                 A/G
As I could not beg for you
        D/F#           Dm/F
But I'd like to be the one
            A         A/G   D/F#  Dm/F  A
To see you through