IntroAbVerse 1Fm
Sixteen years,
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Sixteen banners united over the fields
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While the good shepherd grieves
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Desperate men, desperate women divided,
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Spreading their wings 'neath the falling leaves.
Verse 2Fm
Fortune calls.
AbEbFm
I stepped forth from the shadows, to the marketplace,
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Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down.
AbEbFm
She's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born,
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On midsummer's eve, near the tower.
InterludeAbEbDbAbEbDbAbEbDbAbVerse 3Fm
The cold-blooded moon.
AbEb
The captain waits above the celebration
FmDbEb
Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid
FmAbEb
Whose ebony face is beyond communication.
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The captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid.
Verse 4Fm
They shaved her head.
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She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo.
FmDbEbA messenger arrived with a black nightingale.
FmAbEb
I seen her on the stairs and I couldn't help but follow,
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Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil.
InterludeAbEbDbAbEbDbAbEbDbAbVerse 5]
Fm
I stumbled to my feet.
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I rode past destruction in the ditches
FmDbEb
With the stitches still mending 'neath a heart-shaped tattoo.
FmAbEb
Renegade priests and treacherous young witches
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Were handing out the flowers that I'd given to you.
Verse 6]
Fm
The palace of mirrors
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Where dog soldiers are reflected,
FmDbEb
The endless road and the wailing of chimes,
FmAbEb
The empty rooms where her memory is protected,
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Where the angels' voices whisper to the souls of previous times.
InterludeAbEbDbAbEbDbAbEbDbAbVerse 7]
Fm
She wakes him up
AbEb
Forty-eight hours later, the sun is breaking
FmDbEb
Near broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks.
FmAbEb
She's begging to know what measures he now will be taking
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He's pulling her down and she's clutching on to his long golden locks.
Verse 8]
Fm
Gentlemen, he said,
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I don't need your organization, I've shined your shoes,
DbEb
I've moved your mountains and marked your cards
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But Eden is burning, either get brave for elimination
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Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards.
InterludeAbEbDbAbEbDbAbEbDbAbVerse 9]
Fm
Peace will come
AbEbFm
With tranquility and splendor on the wheels of fire
DbEbFm
But will offer no reward when her false idols fall
AbEbFm
And cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating
DbEbAb
Between the King and the Queen of Swords.
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