Key: D
Introduction:
Dm
The sun is sleeping quietly
Dm F
Once upon a century
F
Wistful oceans calm and red
Dm
Ardent caresses laid to rest
Dm
For my dreams I hold my life
Bb
For wishes I behold my night
Gm
The truth at the end of time
Dm
Losing faith makes a crime
Dm
I wish for this night-time
Bb F
To last for a lifetime
Gm Dm
The darkness around me
Bb F
Shores of a solar sea
Dm Bb C
Oh how I wish to go down with the sun
F
Sleeping
C
Weeping
Dm
With you
Dm
Sorrow has a human heart
Dm F
From my God it will depart
F
I'd sail before a thousand moons
Dm
Never finding where to go
Dm
Two hundred twenty-two days of light
Bb
Will be desired by a night
Gm
A moment for the poet's play
Dm
Until there's nothing left to say
Dm
I wish for this night-time
Bb F
To last for a lifetime
Gm Dm
The darkness around me
Bb F
Shores of a solar sea
Dm Bb C
Oh how I wish to go down with the sun
F
Sleeping
C
Weeping
Dm
With you
Fm
I wish for this night-time
C# G#
To last for a lifetime
Bbm Fm
The darkness around me
C# G#
Shores of a solar sea
Fm C# D#
Oh how I wish to go down with the sun
G#
Sleeping
D#
Weeping
Fm
With you