Verso: C F G C Scared of losin' all the time F G C He wrote it on a letter F G C F G He was a friend of mine C F G C He heard you could see your future F G C Inside a glass of water F G C C F G With ripples and the lines F G G G G He asked 'Will I see heaven in mine ( C F G ) (2x) C F G C Oh that is just the way it was, F G C and nothing could be better, F G C C F G and nothing ever was. C F G C Oh he said you could see your future, F G C inside a glass of water, F G C C F G With riddles and the rhymes F G 'Will I see heaven in mine G G G Oh, oh, oh C Em Am F C Em Am F Son don't ask, C Em Am F C Em Am F Neither how full or empty is your glass, C Em Am F C Em Am F Cling to the mast C Em Am G F G F Spend your whole life living in your past G G G Going nowhere fast ( C F G ) (4x) C F G C So he wrote it on a wall F G C F G C F G that the hollowest of halos is no halo at all C F G C F G C And television selling plastic figurines of leaders F G C F G saying nothing at all F And we chime 'Stars in heaven, align!' G G G Oh, oh, oh C Em Am F C Em Am F Son don't ask, C Em Am F C Em Am F Neither how full or empty is your glass, C Em Am F C Em Am F Cling to the mast C Em Am G F G F Spend your whole life living in your past G G G Going nowhere fast Ponte: F G Am Dm F G G4 G ( C Em Am F ) (4x) ( C G F C ) C G And what I'll be drinking when we're done? F C Just glasses of water