Verse
Fm
I saw it for a second but then the light was fading
Fm
Sister morphine was my lady in waiting
A#m
Can I help it if I can’t help it now,
Fm
all the stories I tell myself
[Pre-chorus]
G# D# A#m Fm
What can I say to you all,
C# G# D# D#sus4
it’s fair to say, no words will do
G# D# C# A#m
All this time, time is speeding, it’s hard to recognize the life we’re leaving
G# Fm A#m D#
it’s time to trip the light of the evening and go now
G# D# C# A#m
And in this land there’s shade and shadow, we break bread and consecrate the battle
G# Fm A#m D#
cradle to the grave, sword to the saddle, it’s each other we will miss
A#m D# G#
Oh the happiest moment of my life,
A#m D# Fm
was the saddest moment of my life
Fm
(riff)
[Verse 2]
Fm
Was in prison when my daddy died
Fm
They didn’t tell me for fear of suicide
A#m
Told me when I got outside,
Fm
I started using as soon as I was alone that night
[Pre-chorus]
G# D# A#m Fm
And I died and I went up straight to him
C# G# D# D#sus4
He said where you been, my troubled son
[Chorus]
G# D# C# A#m
All this time, time is speeding, it’s hard to recognize the life we’re leaving
G# Fm A#m D#
it’s time to trip the light of the evening and go now
G# D# C# A#m
And in this land there’s shade and shadow, we break bread and consecrate the battle
G# Fm A#m D#
cradle to the grave, sword to the saddle, it’s each other we will miss
A#m D# G#
Oh the happiest moment of my life,
A#m D# Fm
was the saddest moment of my life
[Bridge]
Fm C# G# D#7/G
Oh my love can I just sit and hold your face.
C# G# D#sus4 D#
We finally made it here but now the light is low.
[Chorus]
G# D# C# A#m
All this time, time is speeding, it’s hard to recognize the life we’re leaving
G# Fm A#m D#
it’s time to trip the light of the evening and go now
G# D# C# A#m
And in this land there’s shade and shadow, we break bread and consecrate the battle
G# G#/G Fm A#m D#
Now I'm feeling kinda faded, I think I need to lay down
A#m7 A#sus4
Oh you almost saved me
D#
You almost saved me
G# C# D#
You almost saved me nooooooooow
G# C# D#
You almost saved me nooooooooow
G# C# D#
You almost saved me nooooooooow
G# C# D#
You almost saved me nooooooooow
G# D# C# A#m
All this time we pledge allegiance to the tune of a thousand treasons
G# Fm A#m D#
One nation under something, under water, under mass incarceration
G# D# C# A#m
In the age of feast and famine can we disrupt the social canon
G# Fm C# D#
Let our children lead so we all believe, let us see the forest for the trees
[Outro]
Fm
(riff)