Ab
I, I gazed
A#
Upon the Earth
Ab
Observed
F
Every faulted line
Ab
And time
A#
She moved so slow it taxed my feeble mind
Ab A# N.C.
And I waited impatient for something to come around
Ab A#
Did you know I was there?
Ab
Did you know what I needed?
F
How, how long
Ab
How, how long
A# Fm
Did I stand in the garden with my breath against the leaves
F Ab
As the trees bowed down and weeds would gather, around my legs up to my knees
Ab F
How, how long?
F Ab
How, how long?
Ab
I, I gazed
A#
Into your eyes
Ab
The day
F
You promised you could lie forever
Ab
This way
A#
Your hand in mine and the stars singing our
Ab
Names
F N.C.
And I waited impatient for something to come around
Ab A#
Did you know what it meant?
Ab
Did you know we were fading?
F
How, how long
Ab
How, how long
A# Fm
Did we lie in the soil with our arms and legs tangled up
F Ab
Like the weeds and the branches of the trees that bound our souls and necks to the ground below
F
How, how long
Ab
How long
F
How long
Ab
Didn't mean to take you down
A#
Didn’t mean to take you down
Ab
I thought you'd wanna stay
F
I thought we would be fine whatever came our way
Ab
Didn't know my world was dark
A#
Didn’t know my world was dark
Fm
Until you came
F
And you wilted with the lack of sun
Fm
Falling prey
A#
To the weight
F
And disarray
[pause]
Ab A#
Now you know how it felt
Ab
Now you know why I needed it
F
How, how wrong
Ab
How, how wrong
A#
You assumed that I could make you feel it was worth it
Ab F Ab
But all I ever did was drag you down and bring you in and out through hell again
A#
My goddess of light
F Ab
And spring and all things good
F
How, how wrong
Ab
How, how long
A#
Before you break down and fly away with your spirit
Ab F Ab
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