Acoustic version by Mel Blom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_KFBauT8qg
[Intro Verse]
Am G Am
I close my eyes, tell us why must we suffer
G Am
Release your hands, for your will drags us under
G Am
My legs grow tired, tell us where must we wander
C G Em Am
How can we carry on, if redemption's beyond us?
[Verse 1]
Dm G Dm
To all of my children to whom life flows abundant
G Am
To all of my children to whom death hath passed his judgement
Dm G Dm
The soul years for honor, and the flesh the hereafter
F C Am Dm
Look to those who walked before to lead those who walk after
[Chorus type 1]
F G Am
Shining is the Land's light of justice
F G Am
Ever flows the Land's well of purpose
C Gm Am Em
Walk free, walk free, walk free, believe...
Dm C G
The Land's alive, so believe...
Dm Am
Suffer (Feel) Promise (Think) Witness (Teach) Reason (Hear)
Dm Am
Follow (Feel) Wander (Think) Stumble (Teach) Listen (Speak)
Dm Am
Honor (Speak) Value (Tell) Whisper (Tell) Mention (Hope)
Dm Am
Ponder (Hope) Warrant (Wish) Cherish (Wish) Welcome (Roam)
Dm Am
Witness (Roam) Listen (Roam) Suffer (Roam) Sanction (Sleep)
Dm Am Dm
Weather (Sleep) Wander (Sleep) Answer, Sleep on...
[Verse 2]
Dm G Dm
Now open your eyes while our plight is repeated
G Am
Still deaf to our cries, lost in hope we lie defeated
Dm G Dm
Our souls have been torn, and our bodies forsaken
F C Am Dm
Bearing sins of the past, for our future is taken
[Chorus type 2]
G F C
War born of strife, these trials persuade us not
F Am Gm Am
(Feel what? Learn what?)
G F C
Words without sound, these lies betray our thoughts
F Am Gm Am
(See what? Hear what?)
G F C Dm
Mired by a plague of doubt, the Land, she mourns
Am F
Judgement binds all we hold to a memory of scorn
Dm Am Gm G
Tell us why, given life, we are meant to die, helpless in our cries?
Dm Am
Witness (Feel) Suffer (Think) Burrow (Teach) Reason (Hear)
Dm Am
Follow (Feel) Stumble (Think) Wander (Teach) Listen (Blink)
Dm Am
Whisper (Blink) Shoulder (Blink) Ponder (Blink) Weather (Hear)
Dm Am Dm
Answer (Look) Answer (Think) Answer together
[Verse 3 + Outro]
Dm G Dm
Thy life is a riddle, to bear rapture and sorrow
G Am
To listen, to suffer, to entrust unto tomorrow
Dm G Dm
In one fleeting moment, from the Land doth life flow
F C Am Dm
Yet in one fleeting moment, for anew it doth grow
F C
In the same fleeting moment
Am
Thou must live
F
Die
Dm
And know
