Hope Chords by Anathema

[N] _ _ I [Am] was not put here by anyone _ in fear.
_ I came alone as me.
_ _ [Eb] Just an idea [A] in a long chain [Ab] of discovery. _
Surrounded [B] by the same [A] you. _ _
_ Sometimes [D] your tide pulls me out to sea and I die in a [C] thrashing curse. _ _ _
_ [Bb] Sometimes we are kind. _ _
More often [Ab] I doze.
_ [D]
So far up the [C] beach that those who try to reach are burnt alive in [Db] the searing heat of the desert of my [Bm]
dispassion.
_ So far [Bb] removed.
I never [C] hear the water.
_ _ Except once or [Ab] twice a month when I see a mirror. _ _
And I refuse to [Db] believe in some of the things that are said to be [G] here, let alone those that are [B] not. _
_ I'm trying to change my direction.
_ Ours [Ab] is pathetic _ [Gb] in my own _ _ _ _ [F] estimation.
[N] _ _ I love the planet. _
The great benign [G] she-wolf.
_ [A] _
Benefactor.
_ Spinning gently on towards [Ab] the red giant for aeons hence.
_ When all the rose gardens are [G] consumed in the flash fire of flying time.
_ _ [E] _ She-wolf.
[F] _ When _ _ _ _ _
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_ you [G] look at _ me from your [F] own sanctuary. _
_ _ I may [G] seem to be _ _ strange _ [F] _
archaeology.
_ _ _ But when the [G] winds blow _ from [E] this [F] _ direction. _ _ _
You may _ [G] sense that I am in your [F] _ reflection.
_ _ _ _ _ I [G] think I _ feel you but I will [F] never _ know. _ _
As the [G] swallows _ _ leave [E] and the [F] children _ grow.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] I _ _ _ _ wanted to _ [C]
live _ _ _ _ _ [Am] forever.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ Same as you will [A] too.
_ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ But everybody [A] knew.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] When I caught you there in _ tomorrow's [F] mirror. _ _ _
_ _ I [G] thought I felt you jump out of my [F] skin.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
Throwing oil into my _ blazing [F] _ memory. _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] Filling empty _ footsteps [E] I [F] was standing in.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ I _ wanted to _ [C] live _ _ forever.
_ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ Same as you _ will [A] too.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ But everybody [F] _
knew.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ The _ _ northern jungle. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] Hanging droplets on the leaves _ bombards my brain.
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
I hear you [Am] _ _ _
[F] across a _ room. _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
And see a [F] daffodil spring into bloom. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ You _ [C] are the [E] _ mist.
The frost [F] across my window pane.
[Am] _ _
_ _ _ And again. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ She moves her body _ and her whispers weave. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And the world spins and tells me that [G] I'll never want to leave. _
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_ _ _ _ _ When [G] I look at you _ [C] from this dark [F] century. _ _ _ _
There must [G] _ _ always be [C] with generosity.
[F] _ _ _
_ _ _ That we [G] both may share _ [C] the open [F]
hearing.
_ _ _ _ That [G] when our mutual _ _ spirits _ _ [F] disappear. _ _ _ _
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