Chords for Roland Faunte - Levers

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_ [Ebm] There stands a door that I [Ab] was yet 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 [Db] to the silence, that's _
[Ebm] In the valley of nothing where _ [Eb] everyone started [B] before
Life erased you and made you not part of [Gb] it Broke off a piece of what was silent but eternal
And then trapped in a body we beg to return to [Ebm] it
Placed in the depths of [Eb] an 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 _ [Ebm] everyone fears The eternal that's [Eb] found in the shallows
[B] But one day they will realize what I have just figured [Gb] out
Here at the bottom, it's cold and it's sort of merciless
[Bbm] But the water gets warmer [Db] as you float [C] away [Ebm] 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 like [Ebm] me
Levers and pulleys and spindles of wire
My limbs are all frozen and my lungs are on [Db] fire
[Gb] And here in your arms I feel miles [Bbm] away from you
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
[Bb] Something broke and [Gb] then the thought so unnatural
That it felt like perfection [Fm] came and knocked on my door
[Db] And in time I just let it in
[Ebm] _ Asking me if I had heard of the surface [B] 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 [Bbm] that there's a [F] 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 [B] 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 where everyone [B] started
Where smiles are worn by the hopeless and the _ [Gb] brokenhearted
There in the light of the stars, dancing quietly
[Bbm] _ Spirits at home [Db] in the warmth of _ eternity
[Eb] _ Broken boy who must keep hoping
[B] _ Maybe one day he will figure [Gb] this out
Or things will heal in time
[Fm] 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 _
[Fm] I know there's warmth, [Db] but I [Gb] can't [Eb] find it _ _ _ _
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cold [Bbm] and terrified
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