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