Levers Chords by Roland Faunte

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_ [Ebm] There stands a door that [Eb] I was yet [Ab] to consider [B] But the locks are all melting and the colors
are convincing [Gb] me Words on the gate, reading I'll make this
all [Bbm] go away Just walk through me to [Db] the silence, that's
the music [Ebm] In the valley of nothing where everyone started
[B] Before life erased you and made you not part of it
[Gb] Broke off a piece of what was silent but eternal And then trapped in a body [Dbm] we beg to return
to it [Ebm] Placed in the depths of an [Eb] ocean, forgetting
how [B] we belong at the surface but _ everyone's swimming
[Gb] Towards lights at the bottom, reflecting on mirrors
[Bbm] But I could labor no longer [Db] and float towards what everyone [Ebm] fears
The eternal that's [Ab] found in the shallows [B] But one day they will realize what I have
just figured out [Gb] Here at the bottom, it's cold and it's sort
of merciless [Bbm] But the water gets warmer [Db] as you float [Ebm] away
from it On my way to _ live the greatest [B] life, not have
one Or I'll just stick [Gb] around and see if it
gets better [Bbm] This _ _ decision lasts _ _ forever, [Ebm] _ seeing _ pictures
filled with envy [B] _ Trying to become who I used [Gb] to be, it seems
so far from likely [Bbm] _ Smiling, he looks nothing [Db] like me
[Ebm] Levers and pulleys and spindles of wire My limbs are all frozen and my lungs are on
fire [Gb] And here in your arms I feel miles away [Fm] from
you Know how it's strange, [Db] but I mean all that
I'm saying [Ebm] Oh, levers and pulleys and spindles of rope
In [B] that perfect machine that I used to be, something [Gb] broke
And then a thought so unnatural that it felt like perfection
[Fm] Came and knocked on my door and [Db] in time I just let it [Ebm] in
_ Asking me if I had heard of the surface where nothing goes wrong
And where no one can ever [Bbm] hurt you [Gb] And taking my hand, it allowed me to breathe
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Said [G] that there's a way to always feel the way you [Db] feel
When you finally find your way to sleep And [Ebm] then it showed me my life, how it could
end And where it started, and [B] then it showed
me the world But said I'm not [Bbm] a part of it
[Gb] But the lonely and the hurting have a place No one's seen it, [Bbm] but once
I have shown you [Db] You can't ever leave it
[Ebm] No matter these thoughts and these words So inviting, I can't say goodbye just quite
yet I'll keep [Bbm] fighting it
[Gb] People who love me would never stop hurting [Bbm] From something so simple, yet something so
permanent [Ebm] Gone into the valley [Eb] where everyone
[Ab] started [B] Where smiles are worn by the hopeless
and the broken [Gb] hearted There in the light of the stars
Dancing quietly, [Bbm] spirits at home [Dbm] In the warmth of _ eternity
[Eb] _ Broken boy who must keep hope [Ebm] _ [B] _ Maybe one day he will figure [Gb] this out
Or things will heal in time [Bbm] This breathing ghost [Db] that never died
[Eb] These bits and pieces all left over [B] From that smiling _ child I [Gb] used to be
I'm cold and _ terrified I [Bbm] know there's warmth, but I can't find [Eb] it _ _ _ _
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