G Dm Fmaj7 C G Dm Fmaj7 [Verse 1] Am G A single perfect dew drop forms Am G The first pearl of the morning Am G And as the air surrounding warms Fmaj7 And darkness ebbs away Fmaj7 Another fragile day [Verse 2] Am G She's there observing silently Am G A witness to creation Am G She understands the irony Fmaj7 This is her final scene Fmaj7 A picture in a dream Fmaj7 Cm The way it's always been [Chorus] G Dm But it comes as a cost Fmaj7 C With this sense that something permanent is lost G Dm That a line has been crossed Fmaj7 C An argument to which there's no riposte C G That's a singularity G Dm It's your own mortality Dm Fmaj7 It's the punishment and prize Fmaj7 C It's the lights before your eyes G Dm Fmaj7 Come alive, oh firefly of mine [Verse 3] Am G Tomorrow is un-reachable Am G Tomorrow is invention Am G Tomorrow is un-teachable Fmaj7 It's where the answers hide Fmaj7 It's where we don't arrive [Verse 4] Am G How precious is the time we've left Am G How priceless every moment Am G We must abandon hopeless quests Fmaj7 This business of forgiveness Fmaj7 Cm This notion of atonement [Chorus] G Dm But it comes as a cost Fmaj7 C With this sense that something permanent is lost G Dm That a line has been crossed Fmaj7 C An argument to which there's no riposte C G That's a singularity G Dm It's your own mortality Dm Fmaj7 It's the punishment and prize Fmaj7 C It's the lights before your eyes G Dm Fmaj7 Come alive, oh firefly of mine [Solo] Am G Am G Am G Fmaj7 Cm [Chorus] G Dm But it comes as a cost Fmaj7 C With this sense that something permanent is lost G Dm That a line has been crossed Fmaj7 C An argument to which there's no riposte C G That's a singularity G Dm It's your own mortality Dm Fmaj7 It's the punishment and prize Fmaj7 C It's the lights before your eyes G Dm Fmaj7 Come alive, oh firefly of mine