Nothing Was The Same Chords by Hotel Books

[Bm] I chose to believe every word I was fed and I thought the coals on my back were a product
[E] of the lack you [D] left when you stepped [G] back and racked your brain for a reason to stay,
but you [D] could not seem to formulate any such thought in your head.
So you left with [Bm] nothing more than a reason you kept silent and my mind would riot, stuck
in self-perpetuated [E] mental violence and [D] dreams kept [G] private.
The ambition to fix this wish list of [D] selfless, misfit, realist missions contained within
a vision of wishful [Bm] thinking and seeking deep into a new bit of misproportioned emotions
leaking through a [E] seeping truth [D] constructed by my [G] need to feel important when you would
look back and think of all the [D] little things you'd gret.
I just wanted you to think of me when you'd think back [Bm] to all the things you'd regret.
I spent so much time convincing myself that the rest of this mess that I [E] stressed within
this [Bm] relationship was [G] a product of the world's impressions, not my deep [D] desire to be needed.
And it's hard to admit, but I guess I've come to terms with the fact [Bm] that I just want to be needed.
And I convinced myself that I needed to be needed.
And if that [E] was true, I would [Bm] still be smiling [G] like you still today, but for different reasons.
I chose [D] to dismiss the possible instance that the lips I love to kiss could form the words [Bm] goodbye.
And it was a simple lie, but I told it to you like the captain of a sinking ship, [E] choosing
to believe the [Bm] bottom of the ocean [G] was a better source of oxygen.
It's so nice, and I [D] still chose to believe I misinterpreted your dialect and everything
you said about it.
Your diction, your diatribe, posture, body language, and connotations all pointed in
the same [A] direction.
The [Bm] selection of contingent messages postponed until further notice, because I [D] was ashamed
to admit the problem and pretend your happiness came from me and that your happiness was important.
But we aborted the sordid truths we once [A] distorted when I saw [Bm] the shape of your dress when you
wore it, and that was enough until it wasn't.
And that's when you [A] finally [D] felt supported. _
[E] So [Bm] the others courted you, and you mentally recorded and endorsed the force before the
compliments you received came in, and you felt empowered enough to [E] take your final bow
and find [D] love within the arms of another instead of this heart of mine.
And [Bm] that's fine, because I would do the same, and I would leave me.
Not because I'm useless, and not because I'm broken, not because I'm sad, and not because
I'm worthless, but because I saw [D] value in your smile and not in [B] your values.
[D] And I'm sorry, _ and I [G] love you, and that's why I can finally sleep at [C#] night, [D] because
you are free and you can thrive, [G] and I'm just happy I got to be a part of your life. _
[Bm] _ _ [D] I'm just happy I got to be a part of the journey that you [G] call your life.
And I finally [A] feel fine, [D] because I spent so long trying to change you, not [G] realizing I
was the one who needed to change.
I [Bm] was selfish to assume [D] you loved me more than you love yourself, [G] even though I never
felt the same.
And there's [D] so many things that my selfishness tried to take away, [G] but you were the one that
was the hardest to watch walk away.
[Bm] _ But [D] thank you for letting me be a part of everything you are [G] building and creating and
finding truth in life, [Bm] and you are relating in so [D] much beauty.
And I love [G] you, _ and I'm [D] sorry. _
_ _ Thank you for letting me be _ a part of your journey.
_ _ _ Thank you for letting me be me. _ _ _ _
And thank you for setting me free _ _ and showing me love, _ showing me love in its full _ capacity. _ _ _ _
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