We Who Fell In Love With The Sea
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Intro
Em Em
C/G C/G Cmaj7/G
G G
D6/F# D/F# D6/F#
[Verso 1]
Em C/G
I shall retrace my steps
Cmaj7/G G
To cover up my tracks
D6/F#
To conceal my taste for treason
D/F# D6/F# Em
To detach you from me
C/G Cmaj7/G G
And the hatred offered by a fathers heart
D6/F# D/F# D6/F#
Will always keep brothers apart
Em
We are tranquil and benevolent
C/G Cmaj7/G
We don't like noisy surprises
G
We stay on the move
D6/F# D/F#
For stillness brings death
D6/F#
And slowness brings fear
[Verso 2]
Em C/G
We men of cold politeness
Cmaj7/G G
Shall never melt into that kindness of yours
D6/F# D/F# D6/F#
No matter how we try
Em C/G
You say why weep over what?
Cmaj7/G
We say weep until the weepings done
G
And we shall weep for another day
D6/F# D/F# D6/F#
For what binds us to our grief
Em C/G Cmaj7/G
Binds the sculptor to his clay
G
For what binds us to our grief
D6/F# D/F# D6/F#
Binds the sculptor to his clay
[Verso 3]
Em C/G
We are the most alive
Cmaj7/G G
The most rootless
D6/F#
With whips and chains we cross
D/F# D6/F# Em
The ruins of Europe
C/G
And from time to time
Cmaj7/G G
Trapped in reflections
D6/F#
We feel there's no place
D/F# D6/F#
No home for us but this land
Em C/G
This land is mine
Cmaj7/G G
This land is yours
D6/F# D/F# D6/F#
You only suffer as long as you want to
Em C/G Cmaj7/G G
Men like us do not let each other drown
D6/F#
We share the sweetest black bread
D/F# D6/F#
That delicate grain of scorn
[Verso 4]
Em C/G Cmaj7/G
No god, no master, no master slave
G D6/F# D/F# D6/F#
I no longer serve you, nor your palace of flesh
Em C/G Cmaj7/G
When loneliness spreads out between our sheets
G D6/F# D/F# D6/F#
Our sacrifice is a knife at the throat of time
Em C/G Cmaj7/G
But we shall cut it up some other day
G
For what binds us to our grief
D6/F# D/F# D6/F#
Binds the sculptor to his clay
Em C/G Cmaj7/G
For what binds us to our grief, love
G D6/F# D/F# D6/F#
Binds the sculptor to his clay
Em C/G Cmaj7/G
In life, in love, in longing
G
I know
D6/F# D/F# D6/F#
I deserted like you
Em C/G Cmaj7/G
In life, in love, in longing
G
My love,
D6/F# D/F# D6/F#
I deserted like you
Outro
N.C.
Without wealth, without property
Without official title or office...
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