Tom: F
Bb
I, I gazed
C
Upon the Earth
Bb
Observed
G
Every faulted line
Bb
And time
C
She moved so slow it taxed my feeble mind
Bb C N.C.
And I waited impatient for something to come around
Bb C
Did you know I was there?
Bb
Did you know what I needed?
G
How, how long
Bb
How, how long
C Gm
Did I stand in the garden with my breath against the leaves
G Bb
As the trees bowed down and weeds would gather, around my legs up to my knees
Bb G
How, how long?
G Bb
How, how long?
Bb
I, I gazed
C
Into your eyes
Bb
The day
G
You promised you could lie forever
Bb
This way
C
Your hand in mine and the stars singing our
Bb
Names
G N.C.
And I waited impatient for something to come around
Bb C
Did you know what it meant?
Bb
Did you know we were fading?
G
How, how long
Bb
How, how long
C Gm
Did we lie in the soil with our arms and legs tangled up
G Bb
Like the weeds and the branches of the trees that bound our souls and necks to the ground below
G
How, how long
Bb
How long
G
How long
Bb
Didn't mean to take you down
C
Didn’t mean to take you down
Bb
I thought you'd wanna stay
G
I thought we would be fine whatever came our way
Bb
Didn't know my world was dark
C
Didn’t know my world was dark
Gm
Until you came
G
And you wilted with the lack of sun
Gm
Falling prey
C
To the weight
G
And disarray
[pause]
Bb C
Now you know how it felt
Bb
Now you know why I needed it
G
How, how wrong
Bb
How, how wrong
C
You assumed that I could make you feel it was worth it
Bb G Bb
But all I ever did was drag you down and bring you in and out through hell again
C
My goddess of light
G Bb
And spring and all things good
G
How, how wrong
Bb
How, how long
C
Before you break down and fly away with your spirit
Bb G Bb
And mine in tow and leave me below with all the fates and shades and the river passing through
G
But I could never blame you
