[verse]
Am C Am
Yesterday's wars stack up like old papers on the floor
C F
Pounding like old knocks upon my door
G F
Breaking like the ocean, washing through my hands
G C
Changing this old mountain into sand
[chorus]
G F C
You know me by the stories I have made
G F C G
You know me by looking out through boxes and cages
Em F C F C
And it's hard to clearly see what's right in ordinary light
F C G
Does the truth filter down through the ages
[outro 1]
F C F C
We cannot see the end so here we must begin
F C G C
Tell me, what will we write on these pages?
[verse]
Am C Am
Life's open road, showing only what it wants to show
C F
Callin' when it's time for us to go
G F
Driven by emotion, pushing from the past
G C
Runnin' till our spirit's free at last
[chorus]
G F C
You know me by the stories I have made
G F C G
You know me by looking out through boxes and cages
Em F C F C
And it's hard to clearly see what's right in ordinary light
F C G
Does the truth filter down through the ages
[outro 1]
F C F C
We cannot see the end so here we must begin
F C G C
Tell me, what will we write on these pages?
[bridge]
G C F
Down through history we race across
G C F
Borders into empty space we write
G C F
A chapter of fable, a line, a trace
F G
Another heart may follow
[chorus]
G F C
You know me by the stories I have made
G F C G
You know me by looking out through boxes and cages
Em F C F C
And it's hard to clearly see what's right in ordinary light
F C G
Does the truth filter down through the ages
[outro 2]
F C F C
We cannot see the end so here we must begin
F C G F
Tell me, what will we write on these pages?
F C F C
We cannot see the end so here we must begin
F C G C
Tell me, what will we write on these pages?