Secrets in the telling

Tuning: standard chords: e|-x----x----x----x----x------------| B|-x----x----x----x----x------------| G|-6----x----x----x----x------------| D|-6----8----4----6----3------------| A|-4----8----4----6----3------------| E|-x----6----2----4----1------------| intro: verse 1: The signal is subtle We pass just close enough to touch No questions, no answers We know by now to say enough With only simple words With only subtle turns The things we feel alone for one another There is a secret that we keep I won't sleep if you won't sleep Because tonight may be the last chance we'll be given We are compelled to do what we must do We are compelled to do what we have been forbidden So I won't sleep if you won't sleep tonight verse 2: Our act of defiance We keep this secret in our blood No paper or letters We pass just close enough to touch We love in secret names We hide within our veins The things that keep us bound to one another There is a secret that we keep I won't sleep if you won't sleep Because tonight may be the last chance we'll be given We are compelled to do what we must do We are compelled to do what we have been forbidden bridge: Until the last resilient hope Has frozen deep inside my bones And this broken fate has claimed me And my memories for its own Your name is pounding through my veins Can't you hear how it is sung? And I can taste you in my mouth Before the words escape my lungs And I'll whisper only once... There is a secret that we keep I won't sleep if you won't sleep Because tonight may be the last chance we'll be given We are compelled to do what we have to We are compelled to do what we have been forbidden ending: 'Cause you will be somebody's girl And you will keep each other warm But tonight I am feeling cold