Cb
I, I gazed
C#
Upon the Earth
Cb
Observed
G#
Every faulted line
Cb
And time
C#
She moved so slow it taxed my feeble mind
Cb C# N.C.
And I waited impatient for something to come around
Cb C#
Did you know I was there?
Cb
Did you know what I needed?
G#
How, how long
Cb
How, how long
C# G#m
Did I stand in the garden with my breath against the leaves
G# Cb
As the trees bowed down and weeds would gather, around my legs up to my knees
Cb G#
How, how long?
G# Cb
How, how long?
Cb
I, I gazed
C#
Into your eyes
Cb
The day
G#
You promised you could lie forever
Cb
This way
C#
Your hand in mine and the stars singing our
Cb
Names
G# N.C.
And I waited impatient for something to come around
Cb C#
Did you know what it meant?
Cb
Did you know we were fading?
G#
How, how long
Cb
How, how long
C# G#m
Did we lie in the soil with our arms and legs tangled up
G# Cb
Like the weeds and the branches of the trees that bound our souls and necks to the ground below
G#
How, how long
Cb
How long
G#
How long
Cb
Didn't mean to take you down
C#
Didn’t mean to take you down
Cb
I thought you'd wanna stay
G#
I thought we would be fine whatever came our way
Cb
Didn't know my world was dark
C#
Didn’t know my world was dark
G#m
Until you came
G#
And you wilted with the lack of sun
G#m
Falling prey
C#
To the weight
G#
And disarray
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Cb C#
Now you know how it felt
Cb
Now you know why I needed it
G#
How, how wrong
Cb
How, how wrong
C#
You assumed that I could make you feel it was worth it
Cb G# Cb
But all I ever did was drag you down and bring you in and out through hell again
C#
My goddess of light
G# Cb
And spring and all things good
G#
How, how wrong
Cb
How, how long
C#
Before you break down and fly away with your spirit
Cb G# Cb
And mine in tow and leave me below with all the fates and shades and the river passing through
G#
But I could never blame you