Intro C#m A E B x2
[C#m]The city sleeps but we're awake
We spirit home before the break
[A]Of dawn upon the streets
In which we live and love and breathe
[E]And half the high-rises have turned to dust
The Fairfields now are scrp and rust
[B]The sirens sing, the west wind howls
What once was here was holy ground
[C#m]Not now
And I confess that I've lately been a mess
[A]So I wonder where you'll sleep tonight
And decide it would be best
[E]To stay out late and not come home
To wander Kelvingrove alone
[B]I'm young enough to still believe
Some faded glory might just shelter me
[C#m] [A] [E] [B]
[C#m]And here is where my whole world turns
And here is where my heart returns
[A]And here is where I've sworn and cursed
And here is where I kissed you first
[E]In amber light shot through with rain
I swear I don't intend to waste a[B] syllable
Each word is blessed
The truth must blaze through every single breath
[F#m]Unbending, stark
A lit steeple against unending dark
[E]And someone sprayed this on the wall:
"I love it here"
I don't at all
[C#m]Do you live for the love you've found?
Some sad slow song to lay you down
[A]And still your weary worried heart
Throw light upon your darkest dark
[E]That unsung psalm burst into flame
That wild black night that calls your name
[B]O river, take my bloodied bones
The toll can have my heart to hold
[C#m]Do you live for the loves you've lost?
Do they linger in your thoughts?
[A]And ever in your fitful sleeps
In your wild and dark imaginings
[E]Do you ever really dream of me?
And if you did what would that mean?
[B]O river, take my bloodied bones
The toll can have my heart to hold
[F#m]Unbending, stark
A lit steeple against unending dark
[E]O river, take my bloodied bones
The toll can have my heart to hold
Outro C#m A E B
[C#m]The city sleeps but we're awake
We spirit home before the break
[A]Of dawn upon the streets
In which we live and love and breathe
[E]And half the high-rises have turned to dust
The Fairfields now are scrp and rust
[B]The sirens sing, the west wind howls
What once was here was holy ground
[C#m]Not now
And I confess that I've lately been a mess
[A]So I wonder where you'll sleep tonight
And decide it would be best
[E]To stay out late and not come home
To wander Kelvingrove alone
[B]I'm young enough to still believe
Some faded glory might just shelter me
[C#m] [A] [E] [B]
[C#m]And here is where my whole world turns
And here is where my heart returns
[A]And here is where I've sworn and cursed
And here is where I kissed you first
[E]In amber light shot through with rain
I swear I don't intend to waste a[B] syllable
Each word is blessed
The truth must blaze through every single breath
[F#m]Unbending, stark
A lit steeple against unending dark
[E]And someone sprayed this on the wall:
"I love it here"
I don't at all
[C#m]Do you live for the love you've found?
Some sad slow song to lay you down
[A]And still your weary worried heart
Throw light upon your darkest dark
[E]That unsung psalm burst into flame
That wild black night that calls your name
[B]O river, take my bloodied bones
The toll can have my heart to hold
[C#m]Do you live for the loves you've lost?
Do they linger in your thoughts?
[A]And ever in your fitful sleeps
In your wild and dark imaginings
[E]Do you ever really dream of me?
And if you did what would that mean?
[B]O river, take my bloodied bones
The toll can have my heart to hold
[F#m]Unbending, stark
A lit steeple against unending dark
[E]O river, take my bloodied bones
The toll can have my heart to hold
Outro C#m A E B
