The Build Up

Am

Went from cities to touch the suburbs

On the highway, but I'm barefoot

Am

I need a map but not the destination

Need a compass, but not a conversation

I want to run far from this grey town

Dm

You're on every street, marked on the ground

Not the meant and not the paint

Dm

Want the price but not the raise

Am

I want the jump but not the height

Let me fall but catch me mid flight

I swam with sharks and beasts of the sea

Dm

Only went down for the company

Went down for the company

Dm

I forgot to mention

That you would come back home when I call

Left no sign, nothing at all

Am

Sorry you won't fit inside my heart

I wanted love without the build up

I need the rules but not the regulations

Dm

Want the wisdom but not the information

Need the light but not the heat of the day

Dm

Need your hands to show me how to pray

I lost the plot underneath the fire

Dm

Of all the dots and lines that took me higher

Away from traffic and smiles of tire

Dm

I like the nights but not the tangled wires

Need the pulse to feel alive

Dm

All the world's just made it seem all quiet

This has all become far too loud

Dm

I like you more when you don't make a sound

You will come back home when I call

Left no sign, nothing at all

Am

Sorry you won't fit inside my heart

Won't you come light the way and wash this away

I wanted love without the build up