Cm                   Cmadd9 Cm 
   You are my reason to stay 
   Cm/Eb        Fm                     Bb 
   e  -  ven if daylight's a lifetime away 
           Cm                          Cm/G 
   May the kings and the queens of the dawn 
               Ab                  Fm          Dm7-5 
   remember my name as dark as the fallen star, 
Eb                 Bb              Cm  Cm n.c. (drum roll) 
   my song for the children unforgiven 
 
  
 
  
Cm               Ab        Fm                 Cm 
   Sometimes the weight of the world's coming o - ver me 
     Fm      Ebadd9      Bb/D   Cm 
   A feeling I      can't    forget 
               Ab     Fm               Cm 
   Sometimes I find myself caught in a storm 
          Fm7  Fm     Eb           Ab 
   and my fu - ture's a nightmare away 
            Fm7     Bb7/D 
   when I'm dream - ing 
 
  
Cm             Ab     Fm             Cm 
   Sometimes I fear I am losing your sympathies 
     Fm   Eb     Bb/D   Cm 
   A liar demands    respect 
               Ab     Fm           Cm 
   Sometimes I feel I am losing control 
       Fm7  Fm Eb             Ab 
   and feed on the absence of love 
 
  
  Ab           Fm         Cm 
  Walking this world like a - nimals 
               Ab          Fm6add9 Fm 
  And into the light we're fad  -  ing 
 
  
   Cm                   Cm 
   You are my reason to stay 
           Fm               Bb 
   even if daylight's a lifetime away 
           Cm 
   May the kings and the queens of the dawn 
               Ab             Eb/G    Fm 
   remember my name as dark as    the fallen star, 
Eb                 Bb              Cm 
   my song for the children unforgiven 
 
  
Cm               Ab      Fm             Cm 
   Sometimes I'm lost in the silence of empathy, 
     Fm     Eb     Bb/D  Cm 
   a moment I can't    reflect 
               Ab     Fm           Cm 
   Sometimes I feel I am losing control 
       Fm7  Fm Eb             Ab    
   and feed on the essence of hate 
 
  
  Ab            Fm         Cm 
  Walking this world like a - nimals 
               Ab          Fm6add9 Fm 
  And into the light we're fad  -  ing 
 
  
   Cm                   Cm 
   You are my reason to stay 
           Fm               Bb 
   even if daylight's a lifetime away 
           Cm 
   May the kings and the queens of the dawn 
               Ab             Eb/G    Fm 
   remember my name as dark as    the fallen star, 
Eb                 Bb              Cm 
   my song for the children unforgiven 
 
  
      
Bb/D   Bb7/D           Eb     Fm    Ddim  Cm 
       Some - where in time a story seldom  told 
Cmadd9 Cm           Bb          Gm7 
       Somewhere in history our destiny behold 
 
  
 
       Cm               Fm                  Cm               Ab         Gm7 
In the dead of the night   I'm just a corpse 
                                     (A  -  woken, the enemy sleeping inside) 
       Cm              Fm                    G *   Cm n.c. 
In the eye of the storm  we're just the same,             cause 
 
     
 
  
   Cm                   Cm 
   You are my reason to stay 
           Fm               Bb 
   even if daylight's a lifetime away 
           Cm 
   May the kings and the queens of the dawn 
               Ab             Eb/G    Fm 
   remember my name as dark as    the fallen star, 
Eb                 Bb              Ab 
   my song for the children unforgiven 
           Fm 
   My song for the lost 
      Eb           Bb              Cm 
   my song for the children unforgiven