[Intro]
Am C D Am7
Am C D Am7
[Verse 1]
Am
The Forest awakes
C
The desert at dawn
D
A mountain at night
Am7
And the rhythm moves on
Am
The people awake
C
They're marching along
D
The streets are alive
Am7
With a terrible song
[Chorus]
Am G C D
Forward and backwards in every direction
C D G
The atoms' perpetual motion
Am G C D
The shifting of light on the banks of the river
C D G
I'm free, but I'm keeping my clothes on
[Instrumental]
Am C D Am7
[Verse 2]
Am
I'm marching along
C
The street where you live
D
I'm calling your name
Am7
The song is a gift
Am
The song is a road
C
The road is a face
D
A face is a time
Am7
And a time is place
[Chorus]
Am G C D
A place of relief in a time of confusion
C D G
A heart is a simple equation
Am G C D
With beautiful words and with beautiful people
C D G
A song is a face, is a mountain
[Solo]
G D Em7 Am
G D Em7 Am
G D Em7 Am
[Bridge]
Am
A fruit that falls before it's grown
G
I heard a sound and a bird has flown
Am G C D
It breaks to pieces above the forest
Am G C D
A million particles born today
Am Am
Bm
Out beyond the blue horizon
Bm
Air cannot escape
F#m
Underneath the weeping willow
F#m
I can see your face
D#
Free-form calling all over me
D#
Creatures great and small
F
Doctors pulling them out of you
F
Hideous, virtuous, both of us
F#m
Come in my kitchen
F#m
When it rains outside
G#m
Sweet inspiration
G#m
Sneaks up from behind
[Instrumental]
E E E E
[Verse 3]
Am
The forest is true
C
I know for a fact
D
That the bigger the front
Am7
Then the bigger the back
Am
My heart beating still
C
Through the perilous night
D
The bombs burst in the air
Am7
But my hair is alright
[Chorus]
Am G C D
The shifting of light on the trees and the houses
C D G
I drowned in an ocean of perfume
Am G C D
The strangeness of words, how the meaning keeps changing
C D G
But somehow the beauty will find you
[Outro]
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Am G C D C D G
Am G C D C D G