Key: C
Introduction:
C C9 C Am A4 Am
The leaded window opened to move the dancing candle flame
Dm D2 Dm F C G F G Am
And the first Moths of summer suicidal came, oh, suicidal came.
C C9 C Am A4 Am
And a new breeze chattered in its May-bud tenderness
Dm Dm7 G F G Am
Sending water-lillies sailing as she turned to get undressed.
C C9 C Am A4 Am
And the long night awakened and we soared on powdered wings
Dm D2 Dm F C G
Circling our tomorrows in the wary month of Spring.
C C9 C Am A4 Am
Chasing shadows slipping in a magic lantern slide
Dm Dm7 G F G Am
Creatures of the candle on a night-light-ride.
C C9 C Am A4 Am
Dipping and weaving flutter through the golden needle's eye
Dm D2 Dm F C G
in our haystack madness. Butterfly-stroking on a Spring-tide high,
F G Am
oh, on a Spring-tide high.
D Bm G A
Life's too long (as the Lemming said)
Bm Ab E B Dbm
as the candle burned and the Moths were wed.
G A D A Bm
And we'll all burn together as the wick grows higher
A E B
before the candle's dead.
1/2 verse progression - instrumental
Eb Eb9 Eb Cm C4 Cm
The leaded window opened to move the dancing candle flame.
Fm F2 Fm Ab Eb Bb Ab Bb Cm
And the first moths of summer suicidal came, oh, suicidal game
Eb Eb9 Eb Cm C4 Cm
to join in the worship of the light that never Dies
Fm F2 Fm Ab Eb Bb
in a moment's reflection of two moths spinning in her eyes.