Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A) Verse 1: D A We stopped to take on water on a long laconic shore G F# Broken and defeated by the searing scars of war D A When through the dusty darkness we glimpsed a glowing flame G F# F# And soon the mild-eyed melancholy Lotus Eaters came And they said: Pre-Chorus: D G "Why the struggle? Watch the trees D G A They don't have to toil to drop their fruit or shed their leaves D G What's to fight for? All will fall D G A Mountains will crumble, time will claim the strongest city walls A After all... Chorus: D G You're with the Lotus Eaters now D G No need to worry how the world spins round G A D No need to keep your head out of the clouds D G Why cling to hope of homeward bound? D G 'Cause here we've all you need, the Lotus leaves G A D Will send you on a slumber sweet and sound A So stick around..." Verse 2: D A Stop! Wake up! You're dead behind the eyes G F# We haven't reached our home and there are battles still to fight D A What happened to the spark that fear and fury would ignite? G F# I've lost you to the Lotus and its languid little lies Verse 3: D A Stop! Wake up! You're dead behind the eyes G F# We haven't reached our home and there are battles still to fight D A What happened to the spark that fear and fury would ignite? G F# I've lost you to the Lotus and its languid little lies Verse 4: D G "Let us stay here! What will last? D G A Nothing but fractured fragments of the dark and dreadful past D G What's to fight for? All will fall." D G A Well, I say better to make a stand than stranded with no hope at all A As they call... Chorus: D G You're with the Lotus Eaters now D G No need to worry how the world spins round G A D No need to keep your head out of the clouds D G Why cling to hope of homeward bound? D G 'Cause here we've all you need, the Lotus leaves G A D Will send you on a slumber sweet and sound A So stick around..." Chorus: D G You're with the Lotus Eaters now D G No need to worry how the world spins round G A D No need to keep your head out of the clouds D G Why cling to hope of homeward bound? D G 'Cause here we've all you need, the Lotus leaves G A D Will send you on a slumber sweet and sound A So stick around..." Bridge: D G World forgive me, I'm so tired D G A I searched inside me but the spark of fury had expired A It transpired... Outro: D G I'm with the Lotus Eaters now D G No need to worry now, though I'm not proud G A D Let others make the world keep spinning round D G Forget the life you left behind D G Before the Lotus drives it from my mind G A D I'll leave these words for followers to find A Don't get entwined D You'll lose your mind...
