Intro : C/E Em

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Sleep is too quiet
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dreams are too painful
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truth is the bed of this ocean of lies.
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Sinking through layers of untouched oblivion
C/E                  Em         C/E             Am   D
soaking from spirits but still far too dry.
C  C#m(b5)  Em  D  Bm     C  C#m(b5)  Em  D  Bm
Losing all barbed fences Lucid - no defenses


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"Where is my mother?" the child asked the soldier.
      C/E               Em                   C/E         Am  D
The soldier was watching them both fade away.
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Nine words create an oblivion ocean:
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"Dad tell me, will I be dead very long?"
C  C#m(b5)  Em D Bm    C  C#m(b5)  Em D Bm
Losing all I lived for. Losing all I fought for.


       Em                                C                        Bm                      C
Oh god if you save them I swear I'll always hold them in my hand!
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Oh god if you save them I'd take them west
         B  B/A  B/G  B/F#  Em
we'd start again in the promised land.


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When life is wearing thin we pray: the gods are close at hand when man is
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astray. But when it all is said and done - is he to thank the gods for just
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taking his son?


C/E             Em      C/E                  Em
Sleep is too quiet, dreams are too painful
C/E            Em            C/E        Am  D
truth is the bed of this ocean of lies.
C/E            Em             C/E      Em
Words can create an oblivion ocean:
C/E               Em          C/E          Am  D
"dad tell me, will I be dead very long?"
C  C#m(b5)  Em D Bm  C  C#m(b5)  Em D Bm
Losing all I lived for. Losing all I fought for.


      Em                                C                        Bm                       C
Oh god if you save them I swear I'll always hold them in my hand!
       C                                    Am
Oh god if you save them I'd take them west
         B  B/A  B/G  B/F#  Em
we'd start again then.


       Em                                C                        Bm                      C
Oh god if you save them I swear I'll always hold them in my hand!
      C                                     Am
Oh god if you save them I'd take them west
         B  B/A  B/G  B/F#  Em
we'd start again in the promised land.