[Intro]
C  Em   Dm7  F2  Em7  G   F2
[Verse]
                C                Em                 Dm7               F2             C  Em Dm7 F2 
They say that these are not the best of times, but they're the only times I've ever known 
         C                Em          Dm7           F2             G  D G 
And I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own  
 E7       Am                G           F2            C/E 
Now I've seen that sad surrender in my lover's eyes 
    D7sus        D7             Gsus      G 
And I can only stand apart and sympathize 
            F               C/E        Dm7                  G            F2    Bb- F 
For we are always what our situations hand us, it's either sadness or euphoria
[Verse]
           C              Em               Dm7         F2              C  Em Dm7 F2 
So we'll argue and we'll compromise, and realize that nothing's ever changed 
             C        Em           Dm7          F2                G  D G 
For all our mutual experience, our separate conclusions are the same  
 E7         Am             G           F2       C/E 
Now we are forced to recognize our inhumanity 
    D7sus      D7              Gsus      G 
Our reason coexists with our insanity  
                F             C/E        Dm7                   G           F2     Bb-F  E7  
And though we choose between reality and madness, it's either sadness or euphoria
[Verse]
      Am              G            F2      C/E 
How thoughtlessly we dissipate our energies 
   D7sus             D7               Gsus     G 
Perhaps we don't fulfill each other's fantasies 
            F             C/E          Dm7             G              F2      Bb  
And as we stand upon the ledges of our lives with our respective similarities   
F             G            C     C/E 
It's either sadness or euphoria    
[Outro]
F             G            C     C/E 
It's either sadness or euphoria   
(fade)