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Eminor

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[Intro]
|  Em|  Em|  Em|  Em|  Em|  Em    G| 
|   G|  G|  C|  C|  C|Em  
[Verse 1]
EmDesert air on skin
The chill of empty space
GThe nomad's grin
The sand, the wave and the Ccold
Will drive him back Emin
Will keep them close to him
[Refrain]
And they will Emhide inside
Behind blind mGirrors
Trembling in tents
CHearts weak with fear
He knows
He likes to keep Emthem near
[Verse 2]
And at the niEmght
With a pride too big to sGwallow
And with leprous haCnds
Has them hum and dance to Emhim
[Refrain]
For they have boiled his Emfaith
Into abGstraction
And coiled up in their sCickrooms
Their bodies stir-stir-stirring in Emblankets
[Verse 3]
Like a mother's withered Embreasts
They still set him to Gdreaming
Of quarterinCg steel and of climbing Emfire
[Refrain]
With a dripping honey Emhole
He'll be winning them oGver
And with calculated nCeglect
He likes to know them Emthere
[Verse 4]
And they will Emknow
That they may only know
The lGaws of Things
Never their meCaning
Only their lEmaws
[Refrain]
And they will bury their hEmoly blade
Deep in Gdevoted chests
And after sCuch knowledge
What Emforgiveness?
[Verse 5]
Desert Emair on skin
The chill of empty space
The sGmell of emptied bodies
The sand, the waveC  
And nothingEm  
And nothing
[Outro]
Em G C Em

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Blighter

by Rome

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

Em Em Em Em Em Em G

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G G C C C Em

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[Verse 1]

Desert air on skin

The chill of empty space

The nomad's grin

The sand, the wave and the cold

Will drive him back in

Will keep them close to him

[Refrain]

And they will hide inside

Behind blind mirrors

Trembling in tents

Hearts weak with fear

He knows

He likes to keep them near

[Verse 2]

And at the night

With a pride too big to swallow

And with leprous hands

Has them hum and dance to him

[Refrain]

For they have boiled his faith

Into abstraction

And coiled up in their sickrooms

Their bodies stir-stir-stirring in blankets

[Verse 3]

Like a mother's withered breasts

They still set him to dreaming

C Em

Of quartering steel and of climbing fire

[Refrain]

With a dripping honey hole

He'll be winning them over

And with calculated neglect

He likes to know them there

[Verse 4]

And they will know

That they may only know

The laws of Things

Never their meaning

Only their laws

[Refrain]

And they will bury their holy blade

Deep in devoted chests

And after such knowledge

What forgiveness?

[Verse 5]

Desert air on skin

The chill of empty space

The smell of emptied bodies

The sand, the wave

And nothing

[Outro]

Em G C Em

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