Intro
G/B
[Verse]
G/B
The plaza in the village
A
Where mission bells used to ring
G G/B
Is now crumbled to a pile of stench and ruin
Even the swallows have vanished
A
no longer return in the spring
G G/B
All the blossoms are buried ,'neath the waste
A
Out of the shadows grow hatred
G
Along the corridor crawls fear
A
Crushed by the promise of hope
G/B
That never returned
C#m/E C
Watched with a hawk's trained eye
[Chorus]
Bm F#m D A Em
Trees grow silent fruit
Bm F#m D A Em
'neath a suffering sky
G/B
Those who have stayed, keep a flame
In memory of the fallen
And pass on the old rites despite the risk
But many more have left here
On mended broken wings
G/B
Turning to see your reaction
A
B tear drop fills your eye
G
But you protest not to give up as give in
G/B
Heading straight for the wreckage
A
Picking up a shovel and a hoe
G G/B
Start putting back the bricks one by one
A
Numbers come out of the woodwork
G
Curious to see the rebirth
C#m/E C
Above the swollen clouds
[Chorus]
Bm F#m D A Em
B strange sound fills the air
Bm F#m D A Em
B silence never heard
Bm F#m D A Em
Falling like blessed rain
G/B
And the swallows return