Intro
A#/D
[Verse]
A#/D
The plaza in the village
C
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
C
no longer return in the spring
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All the blossoms are buried ,'neath the waste
C
Out of the shadows grow hatred
A#
Along the corridor crawls fear
C
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]
Dm Am F C Gm
Trees grow silent fruit
Dm Am F C Gm
'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
C
D tear drop fills your eye
A#
But you protest not to give up as give in
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Heading straight for the wreckage
C
Picking up a shovel and a hoe
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Start putting back the bricks one by one
C
Numbers come out of the woodwork
A#
Curious to see the rebirth
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Above the swollen clouds
[Chorus]
Dm Am F C Gm
D strange sound fills the air
Dm Am F C Gm
D silence never heard
Dm Am F C Gm
Falling like blessed rain
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And the swallows return