Intro C#m A E B x2 C#m The city sleeps but we're awake We spirit home before the break A Of dawn upon the streets In which we live and love and breathe E And half the high-rises have turned to dust The Fairfields now are scrap and rust B The sirens sing, the west wind howls What once was here was holy ground C#m Not now
And I confess that I've lately been a mess A So I wonder where you'll sleep tonight And decide it would be best E To stay out late and not come home To wander Kelvingrove alone B I'm young enough to still believe Some faded glory might just shelter me C#m A E B C#m And here is where my whole world turns And here is where my heart returns A And here is where I've sworn and cursed And here is where I kissed you first E In amber light shot through with rain B I swear I don't intend to waste a syllable Each word is blessed The truth must blaze through every single breath F#m Unbending, stark A lit steeple against unending dark E And someone sprayed this on the wall: "I love it here" I don't at all C#m Do you live for the love you've found? Some sad slow song to lay you down A And still your weary worried heart Throw light upon your darkest dark E That unsung psalm burst into flame That wild black night that calls your name B O river, take my bloodied bones The toll can have my heart to hold C#m Do you live for the loves you've lost? Do they linger in your thoughts? A And ever in your fitful sleeps In your wild and dark imaginings E Do you ever really dream of me? And if you did what would that mean? B O river, take my bloodied bones The toll can have my heart to hold F#m Unbending, stark A lit steeple against unending dark E O river, take my bloodied bones The toll can have my heart to hold