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Winter Solstice (alt. version)
[untitled] ep
mewithoutYou
h/t u/alchemist64
F#mWinter solstice, the earth open Ewide
with a heart crushed like footsteps in F#msnow
(((fictitious persons disclaimers imEplied
to all listening from rooftops beF#mlow)))
it had rained and the air was like Eperfume outside
as the sky changedA  G#m  C#m  
F#mwe began when the ground was still Edry
planting vineyards where vineyards don’t F#mgrow
shaping cypress with pitch on both Esides
for the nights when our trumpets won’t F#mblow
that regret still there circling like Evultures inside
as your face changed?A  G#m  C#m  
They don’t stay inside.E  
(there but for Thy grace go I...)
Athrough the eyes of maC#mchines we viewed immaculate F#mscenes
that had C#malready passed me by
Aall the stars on the C#mground, Noah’s ark in the F#mclouds
set C#msail in the flood of my mind,
Athe other animals C#mdrowned in blasphemous F#mtowns
and C#masked as they passed me by
A“was to do as I C#mplease a European diF#msease?”C#m  
F#mWinter solstice, the earth open Ewide
with a mouth closed and face carved like F#mstone
dressed the dawn in the air drawn deEsigns
as the sounds rose in waveforms unF#mknown
and you smile but your vampire comEplexion still shows
so the past goes.A  G#m  C#m  
F#mAugust 3rd, all the earth had closed Edown,
so with breastplates of righteousness F#mlow
searched for streams in the caves underEground
where the Baptists and bootleggers F#mgo
when the sun hits Deer Flat your reEflection still shows
and your past shows.A  G#m  C#m  
It’s really all that Eshows
(so often unrecognizably so)
AWe gave up on our C#mdreams for those projected on F#mscreens
that had C#malready passed me by
Awith further suffering C#mfound in our insufferable F#msounds
and the C#mthought in the back of my mind:
A“does my misery C#mfeed a metaphysical F#mneed
that’s C#mlong since passed me by,
Aneither reasoning C#mwhy
nor offering reF#mply?”C#m  

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Winter Solstice

by mewithoutYou

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F#m

G#m

C#m

Winter Solstice (alt. version)

[untitled] ep

mewithoutYou

h/t u/alchemist64

F#m E

Winter solstice, the earth open wide

F#m

with a heart crushed like footsteps in snow

(((fictitious persons disclaimers implied

F#m

to all listening from rooftops below)))

it had rained and the air was like perfume outside

A G#m C#m

as the sky changed

F#m E

we began when the ground was still dry

F#m

planting vineyards where vineyards don’t grow

shaping cypress with pitch on both sides

F#m

for the nights when our trumpets won’t blow

that regret still there circling like vultures inside

A G#m C#m

as your face changed?

They don’t stay inside.

(there but for Thy grace go I...)

A C#m F#m

through the eyes of machines we viewed immaculate scenes

C#m

that had already passed me by

A C#m F#m

all the stars on the ground, Noah’s ark in the clouds

C#m

set sail in the flood of my mind,

A C#m F#m

the other animals drowned in blasphemous towns

C#m

and asked as they passed me by

A C#m F#m C#m

“was to do as I please a European disease?”

F#m E

Winter solstice, the earth open wide

F#m

with a mouth closed and face carved like stone

dressed the dawn in the air drawn designs

F#m

as the sounds rose in waveforms unknown

and you smile but your vampire complexion still shows

A G#m C#m

so the past goes.

F#m E

August 3rd, all the earth had closed down,

F#m

so with breastplates of righteousness low

searched for streams in the caves underground

F#m

where the Baptists and bootleggers go

when the sun hits Deer Flat your reflection still shows

A G#m C#m

and your past shows.

It’s really all that shows

(so often unrecognizably so)

A C#m F#m

We gave up on our dreams for those projected on screens

C#m

that had already passed me by

A C#m F#m

with further suffering found in our insufferable sounds

C#m

and the thought in the back of my mind:

A C#m F#m

“does my misery feed a metaphysical need

C#m

that’s long since passed me by,

A C#m

neither reasoning why

F#m C#m

nor offering reply?”

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