Capo: 2 nd fret

Intro: A5


A5
gather 'round, you wounded people
D5
shadows fall upon the steeple,
A5                   G5
soon shall come the closing of,
     F5   F5      G5
the closing of the gates


A5
for there is a word of plague among us
F5
curse the one whose poison stung us,
C5              A5
all along the alleyways
     G5                  F5    G5
the satyrs wait their fate


A5
but who's to blame when all are guilty
D5
morals stained & conscience filthy
A5                G5
abreast your idol replicas
    F5  F5      G5
your replicas of lust,


A5
in the sky I hear the threshing
F5
dare to watch your lord undressing
C5                 A5
while you beg forgiveness,
     G5               F5    G5
you feed on his disgust


     C5              G5                     F5     C5 G5
but if perhaps the salt might stain your skin
    A5               G5                   F5     C5 G5
and if perhaps the smoke might weep your eyes
C5                 G5             C5     G5
listen while the threnodies begin
A5              G5             F5      G5
know no one in here gets out alive.

A5
but let your frailty not deceive you
D5
a little pinprick, rest relieves you,
A5                    G5
and dream of all the days that are,
     F5     F5      G5
the years that are to come -


    A5
for you will dance & you'll be nimble
F5
pirouettes upon a thimble
    C5          A5
and I will be beside you
        G5             F5      G5
lest I lose you once again.

     C5             G5               F5    C5 G5
but if perhaps my sorrows all are show
     A5               G5               F5     C5 G5
and I should find a crack among the gates,
C5                  G5             C5    G5
guilt shall follow me where'er I go
A5              G5            F5      G5
though I try I know I can't escape

C5 G5 C5 G5 C5 G5 F5 F5 (x2)

A5
and when you're gone the earth will crumble
D5
I will try but I will stumble
A5                     G5
and all through these city streets
   F5        F5        G5
my robes shall drag the ground


A5
hear the children swing with sorrow,
F5
yesterday was once tomorrow
C5                A5
no more I'll be troubled
        G5               F5      G5
by the troubles of this world


    C5             G5             F5   C5 G5
but if I lose my step along the way
    A5                G5               F5      G5
and if the speech of victim fills my throat


C5                                          A5
out beyond past the cliffs that shape the day
                                   G6   (= 320000)
it's there I?ll wander, there I?ll stray

                             F5                G5
it's there I?ll look for you when all my trials are done
C5                          A5
I feign sleep to save my breath,
                                 G5
this love is loss, this life is theft,
                                  F5             G5
and all that's left is some vain need to carry on

     C5                                    A5
and though I fear the tightening of the skies
                                 G5
against the dawn I'll watch you rise
                         F5             G5
oh lord, the company I keep within my head
C5                                   A5
the scent of flesh might tease the nose
                                   G5
it claims the calm , it clings the clothes

could that be you, my love?
      F5             G5
your dust upon the wind?

C5     A5      G5       F5    G5   (x2)

C5 G5 F5 G5 (x4)

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