Chords with lyrics
Intro:
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm D MajorD G/BG/B C majorC D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm D MajorD G/BG/B C majorC D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
Verse:
G+G D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
Open your eyes again for a moment
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
To the detail of this world
G+G D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
Each tiny insect, breathing
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
Each limpid, leaf unfurled
Verse:
A minorAm
You see it for a second
C majorC G+G
Then fall back to sleep
A minorAm
We see it for eternity
C majorC D MajorD
The detail of this landscape
Chorus:
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
Floating, screaming, awareness
C majorC D MajorD
All the time
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
How we envy you humans
C majorC D MajorD C majorC D MajorD G+G
When you gently close your minds
Instrumental:
C majorC D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
Verse:
G+G D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
You fly into a thing you call boredom
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
A augmentedA talent, oh, so rare
G+G D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
Anything you don't want to see
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
You quietly ignore
Verse:
A minorAm
A augmentedA trillion tons of flaming force
C majorC G+G
A augmentedA furnace, nuclear
A minorAm
You turn into a children's song
C majorC D MajorD
"Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"
Chorus:
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
Floating, screaming, awareness
C majorC D MajorD
All the time
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
How we envy you humans
C majorC D MajorD C majorC D MajorD G+G
When you gently close your minds
Instrumental:
C majorC D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
A minorAm E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
A minorAm E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
A minorAm E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
G+G A minorAm G+G D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD G+G C majorC D MajorD E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
Verse:
G+G D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
You build your little fairy stories
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
As shells around your mind
G+G D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
To keep at bay infinity
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
And never ending time
Verse:
A minorAm
You're almost deaf and blind
C majorC G+G
Your lives are so short
A minorAm
Teach us how to end it
C majorC D MajorD
Teach us how death is called
Chorus:
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
Floating, screaming, awareness
C majorC D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
Of everything, all the time
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
How we envy you humans
C majorC D MajorD C majorC D MajorD G+G
When you gently close your minds
Outro:
C majorC D MajorD C majorC D MajorD