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AbI had already seen
AbBlack Ships ate the sky
AbI was sweet sixteen
AbThe fences folded
AbAnd the trees surrounded
AbBlack Ships in the sky
AbDevouring the clouds
AbAnd the thought came to me
AbJust sweet sixteen and full of night
AbWho will deliver me from myself?
AbWho will deliver me from myself?
AbAnd I looked up at the sleeping lion
AbBlack Ships ate the sky
AbColours untold
AbKissing my eyes
AbTo unmake myself
AbAnd to be unborn
AbTo be unborn
AbAnd not to see
AbBlack Ships in the sky
AbWith their cypress night
AbFollowing in the wake
AbOf the churning rudders
AbOf Black Ships in the sky
AbCartoon Messiahs became
AbCartoon Destroyers
AbIf I was unborn
AbI would have nothing to be grateful for
AbI would have never seen love
AbI would have never held cats
AbI would have never buried my friends
AbAnd prayed for their souls
AbIn reddening churches
AbI would never have kissed
AbAnd I would never have wept
AbAnd I would never have seen
AbBlack Ships eat the sky
AbAnd I would have been unborn
AbAnd not have seen circuses
AbWhilst watching the flowers
AbRise flags made of atoms
AbWho will deliver me from myself?
AbWho will deliver me from myself?
AbWho will deliver me
AbFrom Black Ships in the sky?
AbBlack Ships ate the sky
AbAnd I am unborn

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Black Ships Ate The Sky

by Current 93

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To play this song you only need to play the Ab chord in a steady rhythm

I had already seen

Black Ships ate the sky

I was sweet sixteen

The fences folded

And the trees surrounded

Black Ships in the sky

Devouring the clouds

And the thought came to me

Just sweet sixteen and full of night

Who will deliver me from myself?

And I looked up at the sleeping lion

Black Ships ate the sky

Colours untold

Kissing my eyes

To unmake myself

And to be unborn

To be unborn

And not to see

Black Ships in the sky

With their cypress night

Following in the wake

Of the churning rudders

Of Black Ships in the sky

Cartoon Messiahs became

Cartoon Destroyers

If I was unborn

I would have nothing to be grateful for

I would have never seen love

I would have never held cats

I would have never buried my friends

And prayed for their souls

In reddening churches

I would never have kissed

And I would never have wept

And I would never have seen

Black Ships eat the sky

And I would have been unborn

And not have seen circuses

Whilst watching the flowers

Rise flags made of atoms

Who will deliver me from myself?

Who will deliver me

From Black Ships in the sky?

Black Ships ate the sky

And I am unborn

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