Key: D
Introduction:
D# Gm F
Gm A# F
A# D#
Gm Dm D#
Verse
D# Gm F
I'm turning out the lights
Cm A# F
To remember how to see
A# D#
Until a renaissance takes place
Gm Dm D#
And resuscitates the color of paint and divinity
Verse
D# Gm F
As if God hid the building blocks
Cm Gm F
Of every beautiful thing
A# D#
In this game of hide and seek
Gm Dm D#7+
I can't help but think that ordinary has swallowed the key
Bridge
Cm D#
Bodies fashioned out of dirt and dust
Gm F
For a moment we get to be glorious
Cm A#
Ice sculptures adorned in light
Gm F
Sand castles built tall in between the tides
Cm A#
Maybe I'm hiding behind metaphor
Gm F
Maybe my heart needs to break to be sure
Cm D# Gm
One day I'll wear it all on my sleeve
F C
The insignificant with the sacred unique
Verse
F Am G
But I've fallen in love with a ghost
Dm C G
And I lost my balance when I needed it most
C F
This blurry photograph is proof
Am Em E
Of what I'm not sure but it feels like truth
Verse
F Am G
I'm stuck swimming in shadows down here
Dm C G
It's been forever since I came up for air
C D
Flashlight in hand determined to find
C Em C Em
Authenticity only poetry could even begin
F
to try to describe
Dm F Dm G
Bridge
Dm C Am
Bodies fashioned out of dirt and dust
G
For a moment we get to be glorious
F Am G
Get to be glorious
E Em Am C D C G
Get to be glorious
Outro
F Am G
What if we already are
E Em Am
Who we've been dying to become
Em G D
In certain light I can plainly see
C Em
A reflection of magnificence
C Em
Hidden in you
C
Maybe even in me