Key: G# minor
Verse 1
Em
G
This street is named for flowers
Its barren, hot and gray
Dm
G
And shadows wheel on iron heels
C
G
C
And move along their way
Am
Em
C
The light that soothes me evening
Am
Em
C
Has cut me clean in two
Em
G
Dm
But my blood, it runs with stars
G
C
B
And theyve fallen over you
Em
Am
Em
Am
stopped their whaling
Am
Em
C
Theyve been whaling all their fear
Dm
C
folks unseen by us these many years
Am
Em
C
The waiting crowd in this blinding
Am
Em
C
light like angry rivers do
G
Dm
But silence builds a bridge which is
C
B
swinging over you
Em
Am
Em
Verse 2
Am
Em
Am
It used be the wicked who sur
Em
C
render but no more
G
Dm
F
Theyll draw a line through heart of mine,
C
Am
then smooth it like a row
Em
C
Host give up their ghosts like
Am
Em
C
death is nothing new
G
Dm
G
C
But I could live forever when Im dying
Interlude 1
over you
B
Em
Am
Em
Am
Verse 3
Em
Am
I may learn someday to offer
Em
C
more than what I feel
G
Dm
G
To set aside this wholesome pride and
Am
Em
C
Build our truth then raise the roof
Am
Em
C
and not confuse the true
G
B
But still we stand of rafters and the swing
Am
Em
C
Em
and theres laughter risen over you
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