(Em) (Am) (G) (D) (C) (Gm)
G#mC#mBF#EBmE|--0----0----2----2----0----3--------------------------------|
B|--0----1----2----3----1----3--------------------------------|
G|--0----2----0----2----0----3--------------------------------|
D|--2----2----0----0----2----6--------------------------------|
A|--2----0----0----x----3----x--------------------------------|
E|--0----x----3----x----0----x--------------------------------|
The chords in parentheses are the chord shapes as played without a capo while the ones below them are the actual chord names.
Em has a slide up like this occasionally.
E|-x--0--0-------0--0--0--0--|
B|-x--0--0-------0--0--0--0--|
G|-x--0--0-------0--0--0--0--|
D|-x--2--2-------2--2--2--2--|
A|-x--2--2--1/2--2--2--2--2--|
E|-0--0--0-------0--0--0--0--|
[Verse 1]
Em
The future can't sleep,
Am
It doesn't need to, It dreams standing
C
up like the statues In
G
the gardens we'll pass through-
D
Past the guardians at the gatepost, The Light
EmAmC
how it gives and it takes.
Em
Pitch black, the poles lost their
AmC
grip, Let the axis reverse
C
Precious balance of mind now disturbed
C
This world, it slips and
EmCEm
tears. And if the smoke ever clears,
[Chorus 1]
G
Will the southern skies now host
D
The Northern Lights? Let's
Em
make pretend
AmD
It was all a delusion,
AmD
It's all in your head.
AmD
It was all an illusion,
AmD
Like gold out like gold
out of (lead)
[Verse 2]
Em
The present can't see,
Am
It is blind but has visions Of
C
pillage and pilgrimage,
G
The purging of empires
D
Tyrants, their treasonous
Em
wars...
AmC
Then without warning its done.
Em
A clean slate just feels like a
Am
dead weight, The burdens of
CEm
surface stone Scrapes
CEm
skin from bones,
[Chorus 1]
G
As we crawled across dark parking
DEm
lots, Felt the forest floor cringe...
AmC
And let the cities cave in.
[Verse 3]
Em
The past lost its voice, It can't
Am
speak but was spoken for
C
By pundit and prophet...
[Chorus 1]
G
Until the dust clouds around us
DEm
Eroded our embellished belief
[Bridge 1]
AmC
In some fixed history.
C
Could we recognize
D
Symbols made of smoke?
[Chorus 2]
Across the
GD
canopy,
CD
That soft-spoken sky,
GD
Burnt by the torchlight
CD
As we chart out the ley-line.
GD
Pray the earth it won't
CD
break one more time,
GD
All the voices we heard As
CDEm
we followed the fault lines.
[Verse 4]
EmD
Devoured, digested, cast out...
EmDC
Decomposed... x2
[Bridge 2]
Em D x4
EmD
[Verse 5]
CEm
Gods arrive
CEmC
Line of dark chariots
Em
Starlight dies
CEmC
I can't bury it yet
Em
Wheels of fire
EmC
Swing they so low
Em
Fade to black
EmD
Carry us home
[Verse 6]
Em
Polaris slips her tongue Through a
Am
kiss made out of cinders,
C
In a marriage of chemicals.
G
The sky's sulphur heart, carved-out
D
veins of slate, The pulse of the
Em
earth- How it
AmC
sinks and it slows.
EmAm
An oil corn and wine coated keystone, The archway,
[Bridge 3]
C
two columns (now ash and dust)
C
Frame this path for us,
CEm
The undeserved- Brought low and
CEm
unpreserved
[Partal Chorus 1]
GD
From this unhallowed gaze, we profane; The cursed abandon
Em
the weak,
[Bridge 4]
AmD
To stagger on in a stolen
AmDEm
display Of confusion, of faith.
[Break]
EmAmC
[Verse 7]
Em
The North Star, she nods out,
Am
Doused her torch, left us forever
C
Without promise or penance.
[Partal Chorus 1]
G
We're left to merge with the trench, Taught
DEm
the cruelties that it takes to survive. (to survive)
[Verse 8]
AmC
Just accept to be free.
Em
I used to waste my skin,
Am
Shed my time, change my colors,
C
Until I settled for peace
[Partal Chorus 1]
G
In death, an emerald sea stands
D
before me Unveiled
Em
but unbowed
[Bridge 5]
AmC
Each wave's a rainbow of sound.
C
Could we recognize
D
Any signal in the noise?
[Chorus 2]
GD
Across that static sea,
CD
O, crestfallen sky
GD
Yearn for the currents
CDG
That carved out the ley-line.
DCD
Pray the earth it won't break one more time,
GD
All the voices we heard As we
CD
followed the fault line.
GGmEmDCD
Pray the earth it won't break one more time
GDCD
All the voices we heard as we followed the fault line.
GDCD
Pray the earth it won't break one more time
GDCD
All the voices we heard as we followed the fault line.
GDCD
Pray the earth it won't break,
GDCD
All the voices we heard as we followed the fault line.
GDCD
Pray the earth it won't break,
GDCDEm
All the voices we heard as we followed the fault line.
[Verse 4]
EmD
Devour, break down and black out...
EmDC
Decompose... x2
DEm