C F
Remember (what?) today that you are loved
C F
(They're still so small) Think back to days in hidden caves
(I gave them everything)
C
They'd paint your eyes with sunsets
(my saints, my sighs, my upsets)
F
(And the days I couldn't cope)
C F
And the waves, oh, the waves
C F
Remember (I forgot to pack them lunches), they are safe
C
(I need a drink or two)
Think back
F
To paddling pools and rainy days where they would
(With)
C
Harmonize with echoes
(charcoal eyes, stilettos)
F
(They're not ready) Nor are you
C F
But the waves, oh, the waves
[Bridge]
C F C F
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh
C
I don't want them to go
F
Oh-oh-oh
C F
Just tell them what your haggard mother told you long ago
[Chorus: both]
C F
Pick your chords well, loves, but sing your notes off key
C F
You can't rehearse the chorus, but the verse is sweet
C F
And if your voice begins to crack and you ever feel alone
C
They might laugh because you're leaving
F C
But know we'll sing your name when you come home
[Verse 2]
C
Remember today F
I know they think I'm nightmare)
C
Hey, we did our best (I guessed)
F
Come paddle by the shore
(and pushed them, and pushed them all)
C
You are your own magician
(and by my own admission)
F
Let the ocean give to you
(had no notion what to do)
C F
Its waves, oh, the waves
(ah, bollocks to your waves)
C F
Remember (please), today you're enough
(don't do this) (my heart is breaking)
C
You know they love you (but I raged!)
F C
You tried (so much), you did, but so did they
We built our castles
(they are my rascals)
F
Just to watch them wash away
(I can't let them walk away)
C F
In the waves (hold my hand), oh, the waves
[Bridge]
C F C F
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh
C
I need them to stay
F
Oh-oh-oh
C F
Just remember those wicked words your mother used to say
[Chorus]
C F
Pick your chords well, loves, but sing your notes off key
C F
Your dad will forget the words (and uh, fucking bastard, what is it?)
C F
And if your voice begins to crack and you ever feel alone
C
They might laugh because you're leaving
F C F C F
But know we'll sing your name when you come home, home
C F
Home
C F
Home
[Both]
C F
Walk into your waves, my loves, tell 'em all your names
C F
Go tell 'em how we failed you and gift to us all your blame
C F
'Cause we'll be all that you hate about yourself so you can grow
C F
'Cause life begins by leaving, and our love is shown in the letting go
C F
Go walk into your dawn, you snotrags! tell 'em that we never cared
C F
Go tell 'em how we fucked you up and, oh my God, it's so unfair
C F
We were the winter nights so you could be the morning snow
C F
Your life begins by leaving and our love is shown
F F
In the letting go
C F C F
Be good (be good), be safe (be safe)
C F
Be kind (be kind)
C
And know we'll always love you
F
Even though you're leaving us behind
C F C F
And be good (be good), be safe (be safe)
C F
Be kind (be kind)
C
And know we'll always love you
F C
Even though you're leaving us behind
