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