Intro: EmDEm
In the land of skin and sorrow
DEm
Lies a heart as pure as gold
Who is waiting for the last ones
DEm
To come back into the fold
DEm
Some will wander in today
DEm
Some hold back until tomorrow
But the door will soon be closing
DEm
In the land of skin and sorrow
Interlude: DEmDEm
Climbing out is never easy
DEm
On this ladder, rung by rung
Swinging wildly in the breezes
DEm
Souls emerging, one by one
DEm
As it was in the beginning
DEm
It shall be again tomorrow
While the lamp of love still burns here
DEm
In the land of skin and sorrow
Instrumental: EmDEmDEmD
Beasts of burden (beasts of burden)
Em
Beasts of prey (beasts of prey)
D
Will lay down (will lay down)
Em
Their coats of clay
We must return all that we borrowed
DEm
From the land of skin and sorrow
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EmDEmDEmDEmDEm
In the land of skin and sorrow
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