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