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