Key: Bm 🎸 Intro: Bm | G | Bm | F# 🎸 Refrain: Bm On the wings of the butterfly G From the rings of the falling sky D F# I linger in my dreams to stay the pain Bm On the wings of the butterfly G We will sing of a mother's lie D F# Bm And every sorry soul shall know my name
🎸 Instrumental: Bm | G | Bm | F# Bm | G | Em F | F# Bm G | D F# | Bm G | D F# G | A | F# | F# 🎸 Verse: Bm Beneath the empty womb G The leaves come gently falling Bm F# My golden guise a failing remedy Bm Our tree is halved and hewn G Yet I can hear you calling Em F F# Your voice still echoes silently G A F# Torn apart are we 🎸 Chorus: Bm I've waited so long for you G Carrying on for you D F# Onto the faintest hope I hold Bm I've waited so long for you G Carried this burden to D F# Fend off the fortunes long foretold Bm G | D F# To rot in purest gold Bm G | D F# To rot in purest gold 🎸 Instrumental: Bm | G | Bm | F# 🎸 Refrain: Bm On the wings of the butterfly G In the deep where we dim and die D F# I shed my stricken skin, this crumbling bark Bm All the ruin that I have wrought G All the scars of the battles fought D F# Bm Through sightless eyes I gaze into the dark 🎸 Instrumental: G | A | F# | F# 🎸 Verse: Bm And in my still repose G Time passes oh so slowly Bm F# In shrouded shelter I remain confined Bm Until the flower grows G Blossom of blight will hold me Em F F# So I may bloom a final time G A F# I will dance divine 🎸 Chorus: Bm I've waited so long for you G Carrying on for you D F# Onto the faintest hope I hold Bm I've waited so long for you G Carried this burden to D F# Fend off the fortunes long foretold Bm G | D F# To rot in purest gold Bm G | D F# To rot in purest gold 🎸 Bridge: G A And I'm still longing Bm F# For the comfort that you brought G A F# No sign or song of what I've sought Bm | Bb | Bm | G I will dance divine Bm Down in these roots I slumber Bb My form it falls asunder Bm Feed me these dregs to conquer G Bm So I may taste my honour lost G A Bm | Bm | Bm I will dance divine G A Bm A | G F# | Bm A | G F# I will dance divine Bm | A | G | F# Bm | G | D | F# Bm | G | D | F# 🎸 Refrain: Bm On the wings of the butterfly G From the rings of the falling sky D F# I linger in my dreams to stay the pain Bm On the wings of the butterfly G We will sing of a mother's lie D F# Bm And every sorry soul shall know my name G A F# They will know my name 🎸 Chorus: Bm I've waited so long for you G Carrying on for you D F# Onto the faintest hope I hold Bm I've waited so long for you G Carried this burden to D F# Fend off the fortunes long foretold G | A To rot in purest gold Bm To rot in purest gold 🎸 Outro: Bm Bb Bm In darkness I will dance divine
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