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