Intro
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[Verse]
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The plaza in the village
B
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
B
no longer return in the spring
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All the blossoms are buried ,'neath the waste
B
Out of the shadows grow hatred
A
Along the corridor crawls fear
B
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]
C#m G#m E B F#m
Trees grow silent fruit
C#m G#m E B F#m
'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
B
C# 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
B
Picking up a shovel and a hoe
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Start putting back the bricks one by one
B
Numbers come out of the woodwork
A
Curious to see the rebirth
D#m/F# D
Above the swollen clouds
[Chorus]
C#m G#m E B F#m
C# strange sound fills the air
C#m G#m E B F#m
C# silence never heard
C#m G#m E B F#m
Falling like blessed rain
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And the swallows return