from the album "Monuments" (2017)
[Intro]
Dm Dm Dm C Bb
Dm Dm Dm C Bb
Dm Dm Dm C Bb
Dm Dm Dm C
// (louder)
Dm Dm Dm C Bb
Dm Dm Dm C Bb
Dm C
[Verse 1]
Dm
You wake up to the screaming darkness
Dm C
You brave the murk that moves
F Bb
Like a bat in the night
Dm C
Or an afflatus divine?
Dm
You're one of those terminal illusions
Dm C
They're looking through you
F Bb
They don't care what's inside
Dm C
If you laugh while you die
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm Bb
You're spinning your cocoon
Am
Now is it really you
C
Or is the expectation that surrounds you?
Eb
Choking!
F7
Lonely and invisible we run
[Chorus]
Gm Eb Bb F
Fade away! Walls they cave in on you
Gm Eb Bb F
I'm the ground that's gonna open
Gm Eb Bb F
Light of day, drove you out to the gloom
Ab
I'm the Ravenblack that's there for you
[Instrumental]
Dm Dm Dm C Bb
Dm Dm Dm C Bb
[Verse 2]
Dm
Determination called your name
C
You feel like a template screened
F Bb Dm C
Onto a wall of concrete by a social elite
Dm
You dwell on thoughts of being elsewhere
C
Receive the blessings of those
F Bb Dm C
Roads in the night there's no place in the light
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm Bb
For those castles in the sky
Am
You sit and wonder why
C
The ashen hand of reason
Eb
Wraps its cloak around your dream
F7
Admonitory fingers
[Chorus]
Gm Eb Bb F
You fade away! Walls they cave in on you
Gm Eb Bb F
I'm the ground that's gonna open
Gm Eb Bb F
Light of day, drove you out to the gloom
Ab
I'm the Ravenblack that's there for you
[Solo]
// Each chord is 1 measure long (4 beats) - the "C Bb C# Ab" sequence is 2 measures (2 beats per chord)
Dm Dm Dm Dm Dm Dm Dm Dm
F F Bb Bb F F C Bb C# Ab
F F Bb Bb F F C Bb C# Ab
A A A
[Bridge]
A
They say you've got to want it
Dm
On the treadmill
C
You gotta want it badly
F Bb
You're predestined to be
Dm C
What they're eyes wanna see
Eb F7
A terminated fire!
[Chorus]
Gm Eb Bb F
Fade away! Walls they cave in on you
Gm Eb Bb F
I'm the ground that's gonna open
Gm Eb Bb F
Light of day, drove you out to the gloom
Ab
I'm the Ravenblack that's there for you
[Outro]
Dm Dm