Verso: E A B E Scared of losin' all the time A B E He wrote it on a letter A B E A B He was a friend of mine E A B E He heard you could see your future A B E Inside a glass of water A B E E A B With ripples and the lines A B B B B He asked 'Will I see heaven in mine ( E A B ) (2x) E A B E Oh that is just the way it was, A B E and nothing could be better, A B E E A B and nothing ever was. E A B E Oh he said you could see your future, A B E inside a glass of water, A B E E A B With riddles and the rhymes A B 'Will I see heaven in mine B B B Oh, oh, oh E G#m C#m A E G#m C#m A Son don't ask, E G#m C#m A E G#m C#m A Neither how full or empty is your glass, E G#m C#m A E G#m C#m A Cling to the mast E G#m C#m B A B A Spend your whole life living in your past B B B Going nowhere fast ( E A B ) (4x) E A B E So he wrote it on a wall A B E A B E A B that the hollowest of halos is no halo at all E A B E A B E And television selling plastic figurines of leaders A B E A B saying nothing at all A And we chime 'Stars in heaven, align!' B B B Oh, oh, oh E G#m C#m A E G#m C#m A Son don't ask, E G#m C#m A E G#m C#m A Neither how full or empty is your glass, E G#m C#m A E G#m C#m A Cling to the mast E G#m C#m B A B A Spend your whole life living in your past B B B Going nowhere fast Ponte: A B C#m F#m A B B4 B ( E G#m C#m A ) (4x) ( E B A E ) E B And what I'll be drinking when we're done? A E Just glasses of water