Ab5 C5 Ab5 C5 Pale September, I wore the time like a dress that year Ab5 C5 Ab5 C5 The autumn days swung soft around me, like cotton on my skin Ab5 C5 Ab5 C5 But as the embers of the summer lost their breath and disappeared Ab5 C5 Ab5 C5 My heart went cold and only hollow rhythms resounded from within Fdim7 Fdim7/Db But then he rose, brilliant as the moon in full Fdim7 Fdim7/Db And sank in the burrows of my keep F#5 Ab5 Eb5 F#5 Ab5 Eb5 And all my armor falling down, in a pile at my feet F#5 Ab5 Eb5 Ab5 F#5 Ab5 Eb5 And my winter giving way to warm , as I'm singing him to sleep C5 Ab5 C5 Ab5 C5 Ab5 C5 Ab5 C5 Ab5 C5 Ab5 C5 He goes along just as a water lily Ab5 C5 Ab5 C5 Gentle on the surface of his thoughts his body floats Ab5 C5 Ab5 C5 Unweighed down by passion or intensity Ab5 C5 Ab5 C5 Yet unaware of the depth upon which he coasts Fdim7 Fdim7/Db And he finds a home in me Fdim7 Fdim7/Db For what misfortune sows, he knows my touch will reap F#5 Ab5 Eb5 F#5 Ab5 Eb5 And all my armor falling down, in a pile at my feet F#5 Ab5 Eb5 Ab5 F#5 Ab5 Eb5 And my winter giving way to warm , as I'm singing him to sleep Fdim7 Fdim7/Db Fdim7 Fdim7/Db F#5 Ab5 Eb5 F#5 Ab5 Eb5 All my armor falling down, in a pile at my feet F#5 Ab5 Eb5 Ab5 F#5 Ab5 Eb5 And my winter giving way to warm , as I'm singing him to sleep F#5 Ab5 Eb5 F#5 Ab5 Eb5 All my armor falling down, in a pile at my feet F#5 Ab5 Eb5 Ab5 F#5 Ab5 Eb5 And my winter giving way to warm , as I'm singing him to sleep Gb Ab4 Ebm7... (repeat to the end)