E5 C5 Summer move forward and stitch me the fabric of fall G5 D5 Wrap life in the brilliance of death to humble us all A5 How sweet is the day E5 I'm craving a darkness C5 G5 As I sit tucked away with my back to the wall A5 E5 And the taste of dried-up hopes in my mouth C5 G5 And the landscape of merry and desperate drought D5 How much longer dear angels E5 Let winterlight come A5 C5 G5 And spread your white sheets over my empty house E5 C5 Summer move forward and leave your heat anchored in dust G5 D5 Forgotten him , cheated him , painted illusions of lust A5 E5 Now language escape, fugitive of forgiveness C5 G5 Leaving as trace only circles of rust A5 E5 And the taste of dried-up hopes in my mouth C5 G5 And the landscape of merry and desperate drought A5 How much longer dear angels E5 Come break me with ice A5 C5 G5 Let the water of calm trickle over my doubts A5 G5 Come let me drown E5 C5 G5 D5 Angels no fire no salt on the plow E5 A5 Carry me down E5 D5 Bury me down A5 E5 And the taste of dried-up hopes in my mouth C5 G5 And the landscape of merry and desperate drought D5 Once I knew myself E5 And with knowing came love C5 D5 G5 I would know love again if I had faith enough E5 A5 B5 Too far is next spring and her jubilant shout NC5 D5 D5 D5 So angels, inside Is the only way out