Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
E MajorE
The flowers of the new and laughter of the past
F#F# 
G# minorG#m
They're beautiful like you, beauty unsurpassed
E MajorE
Gone with a whisper, you fall asleep like death
F#F# 
BB
Breaking through the earth, your smile shines again
Instrumental:
F#F# E MajorE F#F# 
D#mD#m G# minorG#m F#F# E MajorE F#F# D#mD#m G# minorG#m F#F#
Verse 2:
E MajorE
My empty gratitude, another empty thank you
F#F# 
G#G#
I finally learnt regret from words I've always said
E MajorE
Never meant to speak to hurt, yet it hurt to put in words
F#F# G# minorG#m F#F#
Goodbye wherever you are, goodbye unbroken heart
Pre-Chorus:
C# minorC#m BB
In truth I want to feel, the truth I want to see
F#F#
I'm trying to embrace your drifting heart and smile
Chorus:
E MajorE F#F#
Whenever I begin to feel the burning tears overflowing from my eyes
D#mD#m G# minorG#m
I keep on looking forward at you, hoping that your light will never pass me by
E MajorE F#F#
I wonder what the stars that sparkle in your eyes are hiding from my mind
G# minorG#m F#F#
Hiding from my open heart and from your open heart
E MajorE F#F#
Together, you and I will always be alive, connected, close to you I'll stay
D#mD#m G# minorG#m F#F#
As long as I can hold your hand again and again, forever, I will find my way
E MajorE F#F#
You may never answer back my call, but you smile back at me with grace
G# minorG#m F#F#
And everything remains the same, this pain I'll soon awake from
E MajorE F#F#
What I see will melt all away
BB
With my tears
Verse 3:
E MajorE
A augmentedA shape of broken line will never be the same
F#F# G# minorG#m F#F#
It'll never find new life as a body of remains
EMaj7Emaj7 E MajorE
A augmentedA soul without a form, endlessly it'll chase
F#F# BB 
B minorBm BB
But will my broken heart find another place?
Pre-Chorus:
C# minorC#m 
D#m7D#m7
In truth I want to feel, the truth I'll never see
E MajorE F#F#
I'm trying to erase how far we've walked in miles
Chorus:
E MajorE F#F#
Whenever I begin to feel the burning tears as I look up at the sky
D#mD#m G# minorG#m
I keep on looking forward at it hoping that I'll find you soon enough in time
E MajorE F#F#
I wonder if the stars that sparkle in my eyes will eventually subside
G# minorG#m
Hiding from my endless heartbeat, from my endless heartbeat
E MajorE F#F#
Together, you and I will always be alive, committed, close to you I'll stay
D#mD#m G# minorG#m
As long as I can hold your hand again and again, then maybe I will find a way
E MajorE F#F#
I can never travel back in time, but they smile back at me, those days
G# minorG#m F#F#
And everything remains the same, this pain I'll soon awake from
E MajorE F#F#
What I see will melt all away
BB
With my tears
Bridge:
E MajorE
Replaying time again, replaying time again
G# minorG#m F#F#
Repeating time again, repeating time again
E MajorE
Reflected in my heart, reflected in my heart
F#F#
Your never ending laughter
Spoken: Papyrus...
E MajorE once
Whenever I begin to feel the burning tears...
Ending:
Key Change:
FF 
G+G
Can't you feel the burning tears overflowing from my eyes?
E minorEm 
A minorAm
I keep on looking forward at you hoping that in time your light will pass me by
FF G+G
Now I know the stars that sparkle in your eyes are guiding me to light
A minorAm
Guiding to my open heart and to your open heart
FF G+G
Together, you and I will always be alive, connected, close to you I'll stay
E minorEm A minorAm
Time will never hold my tears or hold my feelings down they pour like silent rain
FF G+G
All the colors forming back the life I knew when all remained the same
A minorAm G+G
Somehow in a finite time, this time I'll find my way out
FF G+G
And I see I've barely reached you
C majorC
And your heart
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