Eb* = Played by bass [Intro] *  *  *  *                     [Verse]   Pictures came back from Mars a new golden age we’re told   Mars had rivers lakes and seas but they’ve never seem to take hold And in the emptiness my mind goes back to you              [Verse]   We live beneath we live above and we live below   All of us next to each other we’re so utterly alone And we were in this all together now we’re on our own    [Chorus] And you learn tenderness is essential And you learn the only thing I know Is how we hold each other right now    [Break]                     [Verse]   Make do with someone new but it’s too scary to ignore   It won’t dent my isolation and we change what we’re looking for Still we’ve learned what’s worth our time and what’s a bore [Chorus] And you learn tenderness is essential And you learn the only thing I know Is how we hold each other right now    [Break]                                         *  *  *  * [Bridge] Like a dust storm     we got caught   I came out with the balance   of an astronaut      Meet me in the garden by the road and we’ll drive up the coast    I’ve been sleepwalking all year but I didn’t give up this ghost And it all seems like we’ve been so alone   And the veil lives on   death we lived in No more proxies and   no more stand in’s skies open up [Outro] The only thing I know is how we hold each other right now   Ooh the only thing I know is how we hold each other right now