Intro
D/F#
[Verse]
D/F#
The plaza in the village
E
Where mission bells used to ring
D D/F#
Is now crumbled to a pile of stench and ruin
Even the swallows have vanished
E
no longer return in the spring
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All the blossoms are buried ,'neath the waste
E
Out of the shadows grow hatred
D
Along the corridor crawls fear
E
Crushed by the promise of hope
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That never returned
G#m/B G
Watched with a hawk's trained eye
[Chorus]
F#m C#m A E Bm
Trees grow silent fruit
F#m C#m A E Bm
'neath a suffering sky
D/F#
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
E
F# 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
E
Picking up a shovel and a hoe
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Start putting back the bricks one by one
E
Numbers come out of the woodwork
D
Curious to see the rebirth
G#m/B G
Above the swollen clouds
[Chorus]
F#m C#m A E Bm
F# strange sound fills the air
F#m C#m A E Bm
F# silence never heard
F#m C#m A E Bm
Falling like blessed rain
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And the swallows return