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The Minus 5, A Thousand Years Away.
Intro:   G   C   G  C  
   GOur star is cold and cruel
We don't deserve a sun
Our miCnds cathedral doors and boarded sEmhut
   GWhere once were miracles
The barren last-ditch now
How bCetter to have been more like a cEmow
To all the saints and sCcientists
With fire and comet hGazeD  
I'm happy to accCept my fate
A thousand years aGway
A thousand years away
A thousand years awCay
   GThe void of space is crowded
With populations gone
To nCever know the past would be too sEmoon
CTo all the saints and scientists
With fire and comet hGazeD  
I'm happy to accCept my fate
A thousand years aGway
A thousand years away
A thousand years awayC  
   GA thousand years away
A thousand years awayC  
   GCall this place what you want
Call it a dying sun
We lCeft a trail of pissed-off better oEmnes 
CTo all the saints and scientists
With fire and comet hGazeD  
I'm happy to accCept my fate
A thousand years aGway
A thousand years away
A thousand years awayC  
   GA thousand years away
A thousand years awayC  

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A Thousand Years Away

by The Minus 5

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The Minus 5, A Thousand Years Away.

G C G C

Intro:

Our star is cold and cruel

We don't deserve a sun

C Em

Our minds cathedral doors and boarded shut

Where once were miracles

The barren last-ditch now

C Em

How better to have been more like a cow

To all the saints and scientists

G D

With fire and comet haze

I'm happy to accept my fate

A thousand years away

The void of space is crowded

With populations gone

C Em

To never know the past would be too soon

To all the saints and scientists

G D

With fire and comet haze

I'm happy to accept my fate

A thousand years away

Call this place what you want

Call it a dying sun

C Em

We left a trail of pissed-off better ones

To all the saints and scientists

G D

With fire and comet haze

I'm happy to accept my fate

A thousand years away

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