Key: G
Introduction:
C#4 C#m
Along the track the wires are humming
C#4 C#m
In bursts of code like far-off drums
D C#4 D C#4
Fathering a message Further up the line
D C#4
Someone's shouting down the passage of time
C#4 C#m
The corridor restrains the window
C#4 C#
No view without the eye (I?) within
D C#4 D C#4
Bold upon the threshold But holding on the line
D C#4
Shouting down the passage of time
Bb A C# B
Relatives speak on the phone on the train
Ab B Bb4
Talking before they have thought to explain
Bb A C#m B
Voices pitched wildly on tracks in the night
Ab B Bb4
Can't pick the pace up, oh let there be light
Ab F# E
How light becomes the soul
C#4 C#m
You know yourself the centre of attention
C#4 C#m
You know yourself the locus of event
D C#4 D C#4
Sorry if it's painful Quarrying the lime, stage centre
D C#4
Shouting down the passage of time
C#4 C#
The corridor retains its shadows
its secrets compartmentalised
Bb A C#m B
What's there to see or make clear
Ab B Bb4
What's there to know when the voice is right here
Bb A C#m B
What's there to promise or vow
Ab B Bb4
What's to believe when the time is right now
Bb A C#m B
Relatives speak on the phone on the train
Ab B Bb4
Talking before they have thought to refrain
Bb A C# B
Voices projecting, spears in mid-flight
Ab B Bb4
Frozen forever, oh let there be light!!