Maybe I've just stayed up all night Maybe I'll never ever get it right All the patches on these clothes But I have seen the great divorce I just can't seem to look the other way Maybe it's not so black and white Maybe this wrong just feels so right But the good times ran their course ( if you want) So let's hear it for the great divorce I've judged myself for so very long I just can't hear another, other, other song I've left my soul somewhere along the way But the good times ran their course ( ) So let's hear it for the great divorce The voice I hear says that i'm all messed up A reliable friend, a reliable friend Has been here with me, but where were you? Let's not pretend There was never any air, or none that you could share So I learned to breathe the ground And to hear the darkest sound These pictures that surround my mind I know that they aren't real Whatever lurks around the edge I know I'll have to feel If I have those moments Then I think that I'll just go and let go Snap back to reality To the safest gray I know But the good times ran their course (once) (once) (once) Yeah let's hear it for the great divorce After all the words we've spoken I keep showing up so broken (once) I just couldn't have it any other way I've been ruined at the source To see the great divorce Blinded by the source Guess I can't ever look the other way So baby don't turn on the light I've got to keep my heart away FMaj7 It's my perfect shade of gray I just can't take this perfect day GMaj7 I prefer the grave FMaj7 I can lie, but they won't tell 'Cause we are already in hell All my stories she believes (once) It's a pact amongst us thieves But the good times ran their course So let's hear it for the great divorce