Empire Builder

[Intro] A D A D A F#m A F#m

[Verse] A This is not an escape D A F#m But I don't know how to hold somebody without losing my grip A You'll say I was bound to leave D Since I first stepped across your borders A F#m Since I crawled into your skin E A Thought I heard you whisper in the dark D That you knew where the light would be F#m E A Thought I saw your shape against the black D Thought I felt you moving beside me E A D We are not alone and we are more alone than we've ever been E So hurry up and lose me A F#m Hurry up and find me, again A F#m A F#m A So I'll pass the lumber mills F#m D I'll pass the coal mines and the parks A F#m And the dried up oil fields D A F#m I'll pass a thousand lonely pines that bend their backs against the sun D A F#m But I'll mistake the station birds for the sound of my phone ringing E A Thought I heard you whisper in the dark D That you knew where the light would be F#m E A Don't wait for me to walk a straight line D You can only hold your breath so long E A D We are not alone and we are more alone than we've ever been E So hurry up and lose me A F#m Hurry up and find me, again A F#m A F#m A But I am no less bound to you F#m D Than when I crossed into your silence A F#m When I held your solitude A But you never liked it When I'd play dead F#m D A F#m And you wondered why my love songs are always the grieving kind D A F#m Why I wander off to search for my reflection in the crowd D F#m Oh, forget I said love A D And also, don't forget I said love E A D We are not alone and we are more alone than we've ever been E So hurry up and lose me A F#m Hurry up and find me again A F#m A F#m A F#m A F#m