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