Chords used:
B
F#
G#m
E
Intro: B (hold)
Verse:
B
By shadowing
G#m
all the darkened fields
F#
of forgotten words
G#m F#
and civilian lives
B
through violence
G#m
through the changing guards
F#
through the grinding away
G#m F#
and the furious marching
Chorus 1:
B E F#
by gathering/the holy light
B
and weathering
E F#
a cast away life
G#m (hold)
and the rising fear
Verse 2:
B
The hollowness
G#m
of the flags and gods
F#
that are raised in the air
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G#m F#
in the wake of their raging
B
Your skinny arms
G#m
hold a lantern up
F#
on the brightest array
G#m F#
of the stars in their moorings
Chorus 2:
B
and summoning
E F#
the holy light
B
on their citadels
E F#
the blackening sky
G#m F#
the collapsing sun, the burning wall
G#m F#
that approaches our eyes
Bridge:
G#m F#
Chorus 3:
B
you live again
E F#
in the shuddering light
B
of these images
E F#
this valediction
G#m F#
you are running from a rising tide
B
you are castaways
