Intro
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[Verse 1]
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F# billion words ago, the sailors disappeared
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F# story for the children, to rock them back to sleep
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F# million burning books, like torches in our hands
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F# fabric of ideals, to decorate our homes
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F# thousand generations, the soil on which we walk
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F# mountain of mistakes, for us to climb for pleasure
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F# hundred clocks are ticking, the line becomes a circle
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Spin the wheel of fortune, or learn to navigate
[Chorus]
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F# choir full of longing
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Will call our ships to port
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The countless lonely voices
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Like whispers in the dark
[Chorus]
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F# choir full of longing
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Will call our ships to port
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The countless lonely voices
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Like whispers in the dark
[Instrumental]
F# D E F# D E F#
[Verse 2]
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F# second of reflection can take you to the moon
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The slightest hesitation can bring you down in flames
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F# single spark of passion can change a man forever
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F# moment in a lifetime is all it takes to break him
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F# fraction of a heartbeat made us what we are
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F# brother and a sister for better or for worse
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F# billion words ago they sang a song of leaving
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An echo from the chorus
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Will call them back again
[Chorus]
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F# choir full of longing
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Will call our ships to port
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The countless lonely voices
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Like whispers in the dark
[Chorus]
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F# choir full of longing
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Will call our ships to port
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The countless lonely voices
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Like whispers in the dark
[Instrumental 2]
F# D E F# D E
[Chorus 2]
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Tonight we light the fires
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We call our ships to port
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Tonight we walk on water
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And tomorrow we'll be gone
[Chorus 2]
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Tonight we light the fires
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We call our ships to port
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Tonight we walk on water
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And tomorrow we'll be gone
[End]
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Tonight
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Tonight