Verse 1: Eb Db Fm Ab Light ended the night, but the song remained Ab Eb And I was hiding by the stair, half here Db Fm Ab Half there, past the lashing rain Ab Eb Fm Gm Ab And as the skye: would petal white, old innocent lies came to mind Bb Ab Eb As we stood, congregated, at the firing line Verse 2: Eb Db Fm Ab Night ended the fight, but the song remained Ab Eb And so I headed to the wall Db Fm Ab Turned tail to call to the new domain Ab Eb Fm As if in the sight of sea, you're suddenly free Gm Ab But it's all the same... Bb Ab Eb Ab Oh, but I can hear you, loud in the center Bb Ab Eb Ab Eb Fm Gm Ab Aren't we made to be crowded together, like leaves?
Eb Fm Gm Ab Oooh Refrain: Gb Fm Gb Fm Was I too slow? Did you change overnight? Ab Second son, on the other line... Verse 3: Eb Db Fm Ab Now, back in our town as a castaway Ab Eb Db Fm Ab I'm reminded of the time it all fell in line, on the third of May Ab Eb Fm Gm Ab As if it were designed, painted in sand to be washed away Bb Ab Eb Ab Oh, but I can hear you, loud in the center Bb Ab Eb Ab Eb Fm Gm Ab Aren't we made to be crowded together, like leaves? Eb Fm Gm Ab Oooh Refrain: Gb Fm Gb Fm Was I too slow? Did you change overnight? Ab Ebm Second son, for the second time... Verse 4: Eb Can I be light and free? Fm Gb If I lead you through the fury will you call to me? Fm Db Gb Eb And is all that I might owe you carved on ivory? Refrain 3: Db Eb Fm Gm But all will fade. All I say. All I needed As a flash in the eye, I wouldn't deny, all receded Verse 5: Life unfolds in pools of gold I am only owed this shape if I make a line to hold To be held within one's self is deathlike, oh I know Refrain 4: But all will be, for mine and me, as we make it And the size of the fray, can't take it away, they won't make it Outro: I was a fool Crime after crime to confess to But I hold the fleet angel, she'll bless you Hold fast to the wing. Hold fast to the wing
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