Key: D
Introduction:
A D2
I spent a year in the mouth of a whale
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With a flame and a book of signs.
D2
You'll never know how hard I've failed
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Trying to make up for lost time.
A D2
Once I believed in things unseen
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I was blinded by the dark.
D2
Out of the multitude to me
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He came and broke my heart.
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When the dust in the field has flown,
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And the youngest of hearts has grown,
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And you doubt you will ever be free,
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A D2
River is wide and oh so deep
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And it winds and winds around.
D2
I dream we're happy in my sleep
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Floating down and down and down.
D2 A
And the tide rushes by where we stand,
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And the earth underneath turns to sand,
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And we're waiting for someone to see,
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A D2
Tell ma I loved the man
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Even though I turned and ran.
D2
Lovely and fine I could have been
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Laying down in the palm of his hand.
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Laying down in the palm of his hand.
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Laying down in the palm of his hand.
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Staying down in the palm of his hand.
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In the morning you wait for the sun,
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And secretly hope it won't come,
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But time washes everyone clean,
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