as I do. The chords are all pretty simple, and there are almost no tabs in this entire Well, enjoy! 1. Make Light 2. Little Secrets 3. Moth's Wings 4. The Reeling 5. Eyes as Candles 6. Swimming in the Flood 7. Folds in Your Hands 8. To Kingdom Come 9. Sleepyhead 10. Let Your Love Grow Tall 11. Seaweed Song
1. Make Light Intro: G Verse 1: G So now we see G7 Comes burying my burnt remains G7 These puddled clouds G Oh I, I understand now G But darkness falls likes shattered pieces G7 Dangling, shimmering G6 Torn and tattered yet crowned G Oh I'll not be told "No" to "No More!" Refrain: G Verse 2: G You must believe to hear me sing these G6 Messy morsels of my self-assuring love G Oh it's painful kneading G Yes, I lie and I wrangle with prospective angles G6 That glare me down and face me with all I do wrong G Why do they all look like me? Chorus: G So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Em Just to prove I'm alive Am And it's alright G Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light C Of my treacherous life Refrain: G Verse 3: G If I had hands I'd hold up high G6 My lofty dreams and my alibi's real name G But I have no strength G So I toss and I turn and I spit in the urn G7 There's a ghost in your eye G6 There is someone that knows more than I G But I'm quick to deny Chorus: G So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Em Just to prove I'm alive Am And it's alright G Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light Em Of my treacherous life C Make Light! Outro: G 2. Little Secrets Intro: Dm Dm Dm Dm Verse 1: Bb When I came down the dawn poured into me Bb I shook 'em up, the walls came crumbling Bb My thin skin trembling with these salty wounds Bb My stolen gold inside the emperors tomb Bb Now painting rainbows on my ugly face Bb I built this cardboard neighborhood's disgrace Bb But I ascend and serve my feverish need Bb Within the confines of such chemistry Pre-Chorus: Bb It's the way I see Dm Everything I need C It's the way to be Chorus: F Let this be our little secret Dm No one needs to know we're feeling C Higher and higher and higher Dm Higher and higher and higher F But I feel alive and I feel it in me Dm up and up I keep on climbing C Higher and higher and higher Dm Higher and higher and higher Refrain: Dm Dm Bb Verse 2: Bb My face blew up at such a casual sight Bb The smattered colors of ecstatic fright Bb The rush above me to oblivion Bb Outlining wet sidewalks with halogen Bb Oh have you ever felt so goddamned strong? Bb How come it takes some people so damn long Bb He turned to squeeze the lemon juice to rain Bb The citrus drawing out the scene it stains Pre-Chorus: Bb Watch the basin drain Dm As your life lines wane C And you cant explain Bb As your friends complain Bb You've caused all this pain Dm And you proudly shame C Your whole family's name Chorus: F Let this be our little secret Dm No one needs to know we're feeling C Higher and higher and higher Dm Higher and higher and higher F But I feel alive and I feel it in me Dm Ip and up I keep on climbing C Higher and higher and higher Dm Higher and higher and higher Bridge: F Mother I can tell what you've been thinking C staring at the stars on your ceiling Dm Thinking once there was a power that you were wielding C And now I've hit the mark Am Stabbing at the dark Bb And I cannot help but ignore the people staring at my scars Chorus: F Let this be our little secret Dm No one needs to know we're feeling C Higher and higher and higher Dm Higher and higher and higher F But I feel alive and I feel it in me Dm up and up I keep on climbing C Higher and higher and higher Dm Higher and higher and higher 3. Moth's Wings Intro Riff: e|-------4---6-------4---------| B|---4-7---------4-7-----4-----| G|-4-------6-----------6-------| x2 D|-----------------------------| A|-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------| Intro Chords: G#m G#m Verse 1: G#m Dear friend, as you know G#m Your flowers are withering G#m Your mother's gone missing G#m Your leaves have drifted away G#m But the clouds are clearing up G#m And I've come reveling G#m Burning incandescently G#m Like a bastard on the burning sea Chorus: (Lead Guitar plays intro riff) G#m You're just like your father G#m Buried deep under the water G#m Your resting on your laurel G#m And stepping on my toes G#m Whose side are you on? G#m What side is this anyway? G#m Put down your sword and crown G#m Come lay with me on the ground Verse 2: G#m You come beating like moth's wings G#m Spastic and violently G#m Whipping me into a storm G#m Shaking me down to the core G#m But you run away from me G#m And you left me shimmering G#m Like diamond wedding rings G#m Spinning dizzily down on the floor Chorus: (Lead Guitar plays intro riff) G#m You're just like your father G#m Buried deep beneath the water G#m Your pressing on your laurel G#m Is stepping on my toes G#m Whose side are you on? G#m What side is this anyway? G#m Put down your sword and crown B Come lay with me on the ground Bridge: B Chorus: (Lead Guitar plays intro riff) G#m You're just like your father G#m Buried deep beneath the water G#m Your pressing on your laurel G#m Is stepping on my toes G#m Whose side are you on? G#m What side is this anyway? G#m Put down your sword and crown B Come lay with me on the ground End On: B 4. The Reeling Intro (Pt. 1): Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Intro (Pt. 2): G G Verse 1: G We dug these holes we crawled into now they're my home G Now here I cannot feel the wind, cant feel the rain or cold Am And I believe in gentle harmony G Well how I loathe all this obscenity! Am Is this the way my life has got to be? G Have I a single opportunity? Chorus: Fmaj7 Look at me Oh look at me is this the way I'll always be Cmaj7 Oh No, Oh No Fmaj7 Now I pray that somebody will swiftly come and kidnap me Cmaj7 Oh No, Oh No Fmaj7 Everyday I lie awake and pray to god today's the day Cmaj7 Oh No, Oh No Fmaj7 But Here I am Oh here I am Oh when will someone understand? Cmaj7 Oh No, Oh No Refrain: G G Verse 2: G And all at once I feel this, Oh how it clings to me G It reels and calls me towards some confounding destiny Am And I can feel the madness inch by inch G The more I run the more I am convinced Am I've colored all these like the branch's twist G Just like we settle in the frothy mist Chorus: Fmaj7 Look at me Oh look at me is this the way I'll always be Cmaj7 Oh No, Oh No Fmaj7 Now I pray that somebody will swiftly come and kidnap me Cmaj7 Oh No, Oh No Fmaj7 Everyday I lie awake and pray to god today's the day Cmaj7 Oh No, Oh No Fmaj7 But Here I am Oh here I am Oh when will someone understand? Cmaj7 Oh No, Oh No Brigde: G Chorus: Fmaj7 Look at me Oh look at me is this the way I'll always be? Cmaj7 Oh No, Oh No Fmaj7 Now I pray that somebody will swiftly come and kidnap me Cmaj7 Oh No, Oh No Fmaj7 Everyday I lie awake and pray to god today's the day Cmaj7 Oh No, Oh No Fmaj7 But Here I am Oh here I am Oh when will someone understand? Cmaj7 Oh No, Oh No 5. Eyes as Candles Intro: Em7 Bm7 Em7 Verse: Cmaj7 My world astir and sickly Em7 Spits out our voices singing, D "Tra la la" on high now Em7 To kingdom come so slightly. Cmaj7 Herein the void in your place, Em7 I twitch and tweak in allusion D To sit and stare so blankly Em7 Until all hope is used up Chorus: D Why do I always need to need you when you're fleeting? D Where do you go when I'm around? D What have I done? What have I lost that's so defeating? D And have the nerve to wear the crown? Refrain: Oh Cmaj7 Na na na na na na, hey! hey! Em7 Na na na na na na, hey! hey! D Na na na na na na, hey! hey! Em7 Na na na na na na, hey! hey! Verse Cmaj7 In Some dark room: Bm7 A smoky figure fills me full, Cmaj7 Makes my head swell in ruin. Bm7 My family kneels at their pew, Cmaj7 They nod, "We believe in what you're doing!" Bm7 I feel it rise above me, Em7 The western landscapes towering, D And from my shell of a body Em7 The flowers blossom for picking. Chorus: D Why do I always need to need you when you're fleeting? D Where do you go when I'm around? D What have I done? What have I lost that's so defeating? D And have the nerve to wear the crown? Refrain: Oh Cmaj7 Na na na na na na, hey! hey! Em7 Na na na na na na, hey! hey! D Na na na na na na, hey! hey! Em7 Na na na na na na, hey! hey! Cmaj7 Na na na na na na, hey! hey! Em7 Na na na na na na, hey! hey! D Na na na na na na, hey! hey! Em7 Na na na na na na, hey! hey! Bridge: N.C. I've waited and waited for someone to take it. N.C. Don't fight it, don't bother an inch for another. N.C. Don't listen, don't hear them, they're in this together. N.C. I 've learned well, now hear me, there's much to be fearing. N.C. I'm used to your absence, your faceless distraction. Cmaj7 I've painted your patterns but found them attractive. Em7 Now I have been leaning towards a life far more candid, D Though led through the dark with your eyes as my candles, Em7 Where your life, and my life, directions can wrangle. Cmaj7 And all of a sudden you've left me to handle Em7 The reasons that never forbid me to stand tall. D And somehow or somewhere I found out the secret - Em7 To sting alive without actually breathing. 6. Swimming in the flood Intro: Bbmaj7 Verse 1: Dm My eyes have once again been proven wrong Bbmaj7 Your clouds, your blanket and my pity song Bbmaj7 Hovering on your front lawn Bbmaj7 Carry on until it's gone Chorus: C What can I do? Bbmaj7 The river's overrun Am We're swimming in a flood, you know? C I thought I felt your touch Bbmaj7 But the water's rising up Verse 2: Dm Then I lie naked in a rampage Dm In the flesh, face to face with the onset Dm I forget everything that's ever made me Bbmaj7 Rise again Bbmaj7 Now slowly leave my memory Chorus: C What can I do? Bbmaj7 The river's overrun Am We're swimming in a flood, you know? C I thought I felt your touch Bbmaj7 But the water's rising up C What can I do? Bbmaj7 The river's overrun Am We're swimming in a flood, you know? C I thought I felt your touch Bbmaj7 But the water's rising up 7. Folds in Your Hands Verse 1: Cm7 Leave me alone Cm7 Leave me alone Cm7 Leave me alone Fm7 I'm fine Cm7 I'll be fine until the morning comes Gm7 Then unmask me in the blistering sun Cm7 Oh let me go Cm7 just let me go Cm7 just let me go Fm7 Or I'll Cm7 Burst in front of your eyes Gm7 Then collect myself from the ground Cm7 And when I go Cm7 And when I go Cm7 Just let me go Fm7 Like a light Cm7 Flickering out in the skies Abmaj7 Lost as fast as was found Chorus: Cm Wooooo-oo Abmaj7 Everything's easy when you never have to choose Bb With the balance has shifting we're forced to lose Bb Like the sun and the moon I will circle you til you bloom Bb I will crush I will maul I will burn until I get to you Gm7 x2 Verse 2: Cm7 Lay low Fm7 Dont let me know what is real Cm7 Will they quietly follow me here? Gm7 Take me as their own? Fm7 Now I will hold you I will keep you up and show my love Cm7 Until it folds in my hands Abmaj7 But I'll build it back to the top Chorus: Cm Wooooo-oo Abmaj7 Everything's easy when you never have to choose Bb With the balance has shifting we're forced to lose Bb Like the sun and the moon I will circle you til you bloom Bb I will crush I will maul I will burn until I get to you Gm7 x2 Cm7 Feel it rain Cm7 Feel it rain Fm7 We're alive Gm7 Feel it rain End On: Cm7 8. To Kingdom Come Intro C#m x4 Verse 1: C#m That's a frosty way to speak, C#m To tell me how to live next to your potpourri C#m All this talking pulls my teeth. C#m I believed in you, so you believed in Chorus: C#m Me, I cried out "God!" E You dared me in the dark E I felt a hush fall quietly from my spark E So now I hide in piles of princely orange peels C#m It feels the way you told me how it'd always feel.. Verse 2: C#m Once I had an name to claim E I scraped along the walls like an orthodox saint. C#m I wish for the same old things C#m That turned me inside out. B Knealing in such pain, it's a game! Chorus: C#m Me, I cried out "God!" E You dared me in the dark E I felt a hush fall quietly from my spark E So now I hide in piles of princely orange peels C#m It feels the way you told me how it'd always feel.. Verse 3: C#m Never have I ever been E Clutching at your hair to cure you of some sin, C#m But that's the kind of state I'm in: C#m Swimming in a pool of godly medicine. B "Come, come," I hear it calling me, yelling, F#m Like if ever there was someone who could make things heavy again. B Feel alright! Chorus: C#m Me, I cried out "God!" E You dared me in the dark E I felt a hush fall quietly from my spark E So now I hide in piles of princely orange peels C#m It feels the way you told me how it'd always feel.. C#m Me, I cried out "God" E You dared me in the dark E I felt a hush fall quietly from my spark E So now I hide in piles of princely orange peels C#m It feels the way you told me how it'd always feel.. 9. Sleepyhead Intro: Cmaj7 (x8) Verse 1: Em And you said it was like fire around the brim D Burning solid burning thin the burning rim D Like stars burning holes right through the dark D Flicking fire like saltwater into my eyes D You were one inch from the edge of this bed Cmaj7 I dragged you back a sleepyhead Cmaj7 Sleepyhead Refrain: Cmaj7 (x4) D Verse 2: D They couldn't think of something to say the day you burst D With all their lions and all their might and all their thirst D They crowd your bedroom like some thoughts wearing thin D Against the walls against your rules against your skin D My beard grew down to the floor and out through the doors Cmaj7 Of your eyes, begonia skies like a sleepyhead Cmaj7 Sleepyhead Refrain: Cmaj7 (x4) Outro: Cmaj7 10. Let Your Love Grow Tall Verse 1: D/F# In pastures blue and green A I'll follow you and you'll follow me D/F# My fabric's mystery D/F# I'll wave your loyalty in the freezing D Breeze so desperately Pre-Chorus: D And Another one comes down D And Another one comes down D And Another one comes down Verse 2: D/F# I think I see see my life A He bows all slyly and gentle-like D/F# He's never had the right D/F# But I've never lived without D His sad and jealous eyes Pre-Chorus: D And Another one comes down D And Another one comes down D And Another one comes down Chorus: D They'd say, G "Let your love grow tall." G "Let your love grow tall." Bm Tall as the grass in the meadow? G Or the dunes on the shore? Bm Like the buildings in the city? G And your children on the floor? Refrain: D D D D Verse 3: D/F# But it's the thought that counts A No Quiet minds don't know their worth D/F# They know not what to do A So Ill pray for them and I'll pray for you D Till my face turns blue Chorus: D And Another one comes down D And Another one comes down D And Another one comes down Chorus: D They'd say. G "Let your love grow tall." G "Let your love grow tall." Bm Tall as the grass in the meadow? G Or the dunes on the shore? Bm Like the buildings in the city? G And your children on the floor? Bm Like the darkness in the forest? G Like my frightened worried eyes? Bm Or the roots in the soil? G Are these skies telling lies? 11. Seaweed Song Verse 1: Cadd9 Some day you'll see G Surrounded by angels G Floating atop of the sea Cadd9 On Bended knee G Don't go where they go C Don't sing all the songs they sing Chorus: G Nobody knows you the way you know you D But I think I do G But I thought I knew D Yeah, I thought I knew G Nobody knows you the way you know you D But I think I do G But I thought I knew D Yeah, I thought I knew Verse 2: Cadd9 Between these walls Cadd9 Her bark-stripped limbs casts shadows frighteningly tall Cadd9 I slow to a crawl Cadd9 I jump and I yell and she hears nothing at all Chorus: G Nobody knows you the way you know you D But I think I do G But I thought I knew D Yeah, I thought I knew G Nobody knows you the way you know you D But I think I do G But I thought I knew D Yeah, I thought I knew Bridge: Em Stay, stay the same F 'Cause everything else will change Em And I'll always be to blame F So please just stay the same Em The current has pulled me in F The tide has reached my chin Em The seaweed tickled skin F Just let the water win Em I'm freezing to the bone F You'll never feel at home Em Just watch your body go G Just watch your body go Chorus: G Nobody knows you the way you know you D But I think I do G But I thought I knew D Yeah, I thought I knew G Nobody knows you the way you know you D But I think I do G But I thought I knew D Yeah, I thought I knew
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