OCCIDENT Am Em F C Mercy me, the night is long. Am F Eb Bb C Take my pen, to write you this song. Dm G Bb C Lord: is it harder to carry on, Bb C or to know when you are done? Am Em F C All my life, I've felt as though Am F Eb Bb C Dm I'm inside a beautiful memory, G Replaying Bb C Bb F with the sound turned down low. C F G C Long-life, show your face. Em Am Bb C Slow-heart, curb your taste. C F G C Smoke me out of my hiding place. Em Am Bb C Long-life, state your case. Am Em F C What in the world are we waiting for? Am F Eb Bb C building glowing cities along the shore, Dm G where the wind batters in, Bb C Bb Bb baiting my kin like a matador? Am Em F C So much value, placed upon Am F Eb Bb C what lies just beyond our plans: Dm G waving my handkerchief, Bb C Bb C running along, till the end of the sand. C F G C Long-life, speak your name. Em Am Bb C I'm so tired of the guessing game. C F But, something is moving, G C just out of frame: Em Am Slow-heart, Bb C brace and aim. Am Em F C Breaching slowly, across the sea, Am F one mast? Eb Bb C a flash, like the stinger of a bee? Dm G to take you away, Bb C Bb C a swarming fleet is gonna take you from me. Am Em F C The universe is getting loose: Am F Eb sodden spread, Bb C from some leaden disuse, Dm G rushing, unhinged, Bb C toward diminishing lights, Bb C like a headless caboose. C F I'll wait for you, G C alongside the ocean, Em Am and make do Bb C with my no-skin. C F But then, Long-life, G C will you let me in? Em Am And then, Slow-heart, Bb C are you gonna know him? C F G C Long-life, speak your name. Em Am Bb C I wait, while I decry the wait. C F G C And when I die, may I relate: Em Am Bb C Slow heart, congregate. Am , Em , F , C Am , F , Eb , Bb , C Dm , G , Bb , C Bb C Am Em F C To leave your home, and your family, Am F Eb Bb C for some distortion of property? Dm G Well, darling, I can't go. Bb C But you may stay Bb C here, with me. Am