Missy Higgins - They Werent There

C Am F G

C
you breathed infinity into my world
Am
and time was lost up in a cloud and in a whirl .
F G C
we dug a hole in the cool grey earth and lay there for the night .
Am F
then you said , “wait for me we’ll fly the wind ,
G
we’ll grow old and you’ll be stronger without him”
C Am F
but oh now , my world is at your feet . i was lost and i was found ,
G C
but i was alive and now i’ve drowned .
Am F
so now i will be waiting for the world to hear my song
Am F G
so they can tell me i was wrong .

Am
but they weren’t there beneath your stare ,
F
and they weren’t stripped ’till they were bare of
C G
any bindings from the world outside that room .
Am
and they weren’t taken by the hand
F
and led through fields of naked land
C G
where any pre – conceived ideas were blown away .
Am G F
so i couldn’t say “no” .

you sighed and i was lost in you , weeks could’ve past for all i knew .
you were there blanket of the over – world and so i couldn’t say ,
i wouldn’t say “no” . but they all said , “you’re too young to even know ,
just don’t let it grow and you’ll be stronger without him”
but oh , now , my world is at your feet . i was lost and i was found ,
but i was alive and now i’ve drowned .
so now i will be waiting for the world to hear my song
so they can tell me i was wrong .

but they weren’t there beneath your stare ,
and they weren’t stripped ’till they were bare
of any bindings from the world outside that room .
and they weren’t taken by the hand and led through fields
of naked land where any pre – conceived ideas were blown away . . .

but they weren’t there beneath your stare ,
and they weren’t stripped ’till they were bare
of any bindings from the world outside that room .
and they weren’t taken by the hand and led through fields
of naked land where any pre – conceived ideas were blown away . . .
so i couldn’t say “no” .