The Red Door
From the album Unseen
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
C Dm
You appeared upon the white shore
Em Dm C
on a dark and moonless eve
C Dm
I led you through the stone gate,
Em Dm C C/B Am
torches spitting in the breeze
[Chorus]
Am Em Eb
All around our palace glistened,
Dm Am Em
splashed with waves from the sea,
Dm C
but you shone bright as a thousand suns
G C
in your gown of ivory
[Verse 2]
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One thing, I ask of you, my love
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as I comb your white-gold hair
C Dm
Only stay your hand from the red door,
Em Dm C C/B Am
the red door beneath the stairs
[Chorus]
Am Em Eb
The red door under the stairs,
Dm Am Em
the red door under the stairs
Dm C
Stay your hand from that old, black lock
G G7 C
There's nothing to see in there
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
C Dm
Why do you stand so many hours
Em Dm C
staring out across the sea?
C Dm
Why do you slip out past the black drapes
Em Dm C C/B Am
when I pretend that I'm asleep?
[Chorus]
Am Em Eb
And even in the bright sun
Dm Am Em
as we walk the bone-white beach
Dm C
You put your ear to the whispering shells
G G7 C
and turned away from me
[Verse 4]
C Dm
Red in your dress's hem tonight,
Em Dm C
a red flash in your roving eye
C Dm
Why the tremor in your soft hands
Em Dm C C/B Am
when I pull you to my side?
[Chorus]
Am Em Eb
The red door and what's inside,
Dm Am Em
the red door and all it hides
Dm C
Stare away across the ocean waves,
G G7 C
but I know what you've seen tonight
[Outro]
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