Holding Absence

Marigold

Holding Absence


Tom: F

     F
We began just an orchid
             Dm             C
"You will bloom through the mud, kid"
F                               Dm       C
Timeless, we knew of no day and night
         F
I blew away like Notus
      Dm           C
Fell asleep like a lotus
           F
Our love divided, hiatus
        Dm            C
I could never grow to hate us


[Chorus]
Bb                     F
Marigold, you'll never know
Bb                     F
Marigold, you'll never know

[Verse 2]
      F                  Dm       C
I was up all hours
        F               Dm       C
"You never bought me flowers"
        F
To me, acacia ingrained
        Dm            C
We grew farther as it rained
 F     Dm     C

[Chorus]
Bb                     F
Marigold, you'll never know
Bb                     F
Marigold, you'll never know


[Bridge]
           F                Dm     C
Now just a corpse, we carry on
      F                      Dm    C
We're nothing more than carrion
             F                 F
Years later, minutes feel like hours
       Dm                C F Bb   
As you wilt away, my wallflower


[Chorus]
Bb                     F
Marigold, you'll never know
Bb   
Marigold