so far away

Never feared for anything
Never shamed but never free
A life that healed a broken heart
With all that it could

Lived a life so endlessly
Saw beyond what others see
I tried to heal your broken heart
With all that I could
Will you stay?
Will you stay away forever?

How do I live without the ones I love?
Time still turns the pages of the book it's burned
Place in time always on my mind
I have so much to say but you’re so far away

Plans of what our futures hold
Foolish lies of growing old
It seems we’re so invincible
But the truth is so cold

A final song, a last request
A perfect chapter laid to rest
Now and then I try to find
A place in my mind
Where you can stay
You can stay awake forever

How do I live without the ones I love?
Time still turns the pages of the book it's burned
Place in time always on my mind
I have so much to say but you’re so far away

Sleep tight, I'm not afraid
The ones that we love are here with me
Lay away a place for me
'Cause as soon as I'm done I'll be on my way
To live eternally

How do I live without the ones I love?
Time still turns the pages of the book it's burned
Place in time always on my mind
And the light you left remains but it's so hard to stay
When I have so much to say and you're so far away

I love you, you were ready
The pain is strong and urges rise
But I'll see you when it lets me
Your pain is gone, your hands untied

So far away
And I need you to know

So far away
And I need you
to need you to know

M.I.A

Dm xx0231
Gm 355333
C  x32010
A# 113331
F  133211
Fm 133111




Dm
Staring at the carnage
Gm                               C
Praying that the sun would never rise
        A#               Dm
Living another day in disguise
       Gm               C
These feelings can't be right
             A#                      Dm
Lend me your courage to stand up and fight
Gm   C           A#
On tonight

Dm Gm C A#
Ooooo....
             Dm
Stand up and fight

Dm                        A#
The fighting rages on and on
Gm                          C
To challenge me you must be strong
Dm                         A#
I walk your land but don't belong
Gm                            C
Two million soldiers can't be wrong

Dm                              A#
It's no fun but I've been here before
                                        F
I'm far from home and I'm fighting your war
                                A#
(Not the way I pictured this, I wanted better things)
Dm                                  A#
Some are scared, others killing for fun
                                      F
I shot a mother right in front of her son
                                      A#
(Take this from my consciousness, and please erase my dreams)

Dm               A#
Fight for honor, fight for your life
C                F        
Pray to God that our side is right
    Gm               Dm
And though we won, I still may lose
Gm              C
Until I make it home to you
Dm                A#
I see our mothers filled with tears
C                     F 
Grew up so fast where did those years go?
Gm            Dm
Memories won't let you cry 
Gm               C
Unless I don't return tonight

Dm                            A#
So many soldiers on the other side
                                      F
I take their lives so they can't take mine
                                  A#
(Scared to make it out alive, now murder's all I know)
Dm                                    A#
Nobody tells me all the reasons we're here
                                        F
I have my weapon so there's nothing to fear
                                A#
(Another day, another life, but nothing real to show for)

Dm               A#
Fight for honor, fight for your life
C                F        
Pray to God that our side is right
    Gm               Dm
And though we won, I still may lose
Gm              C
Until I make it home to you
Dm                A#
I see our mothers filled with tears
C                     F 
Grew up so fast where did those years go?
Gm            Dm
Memories won't let you cry 
Gm               C
Unless I don't return tonight

Dm                      
Staring at the carnage
Gm                               C
Praying that the sun would never rise
       A#             Dm
Living another day in disguise
      Gm                C
These feelings can't be right
             A#                      Dm
Lend me your courage to stand up and fight

Dm                            C                 Dm
Watching the death toll rise, wondering how I'm alive
           Gm                      A#
Strangers' blood on my hands, I've shot all I can
Dm                          C                          Dm
There are no silent nights, watching your brothers all die
       Gm                       A#
To destroy all their plans with no thought of me
Dm C          F   C            Dm
No thought of me, no thought of me

Dm A# C F Gm Dm C
Ohhhhh.....

Dm
Walk the city lonely
Gm                              C
Memories that haunt are passing by
           A#                  Dm  
A murderer walks your street tonight
   Gm             C
Forgive me for my crimes
A#                  Gm     Dm
Don't forget that I was so young
                        Fm              C                 Dm  
Fought so scared in the name of God and country

unholly confessesions

Am                   F       G
“I’ll try,” she said as he walked away.
Am
“Try not to lose you.”
F            G
Two vibrant hearts could change.
Am
Nothing tears the being more than deception,
F        G
unmasked fear.
Am            F        G          Am
“I’ll be here waiting” tested and secure.

Am            F
Nothing hurts my world,
G                     Am
just affects the ones around me
Am                 F
When sin’s deep in my blood,
G                    Am
you’ll be the one to fall.

Am              F      G
“I wish I could be the one,
Am      F         G
the one who won’t care at all
Am        F              G
But being the one on the stand,
Am F       G                           F
I know the way to go, no one’s guiding me.
Am                    F               G
When time soaked with blood turns its back,
Am F        G       Am
I know it’s hard to fall.
Am          F           G
Confided in me was your heart
Am F        G       Am   F        G       Am
I know it’s hurting you, but it’s killing me.”

Am                        F
Nothing will last in this life,
G                 Am
our time is spent constructing,
Am                               F        G
now you’re perfecting a world… meant to sin.
Am                          F
Constrict your hands around me,
G                     Am
squeeze till I cannot breathe,
Am                          F
this air tastes dead inside me,
G                 Am
contribute to our plague.
Am
Break all your promises,
F
tear down this steadfast wall,
G
restraints are useless here,
Am
tasting salvation’s near.

dear god

Intro: F-C-Dm-Am-B-F-C x2

F C Dm Am
A lonely road, crossed another cold state line
B F C
Miles away from those I love purpose hard to find
F C Dm Am
While I recall all the words you spoke to me
B F
Can’t help but wish that I was there
C
Back where I’d love to be, oh yeah

F C Dm C
Dear God the only thing I ask of you is
B F
to hold her when I’m not around,
C
when I’m much too far away
F C Dm C
We all need that person who can be true to you
B F
But I left her when I found her
C
And now I wish I’d stayed
B C
‘Cause I’m lonely and I’m tired
* Dm C B
I’m missing you again oh no
F
Once again

F C Dm Am
There’s nothing here for me on this barren road
B F
There’s no one here while the city sleeps
C
and all the shops are closed
F C Dm Am
Can’t help but think of the times I’ve had with you
B F C
Pictures and some memories will have to help me through, oh yeah

F C Dm C
Dear God the only thing I ask of you is
B F
to hold her when I’m not around,
C
when I’m much too far away
F C Dm C
We all need that person who can be true to you
B F
I left her when I found her
C
And now I wish I’d stayed
B C
‘Cause I’m lonely and I’m tired
* Dm C B
I’m missing you again oh no
F
Once again

Dm * B F
Some search, never finding a way
Dm * B F
Before long, they waste away
Dm * B F
I found you, something told me to stay
Dm * B F
I gave in, to selfish ways
Gm C
And how I miss someone to hold

when hope begins to fade…

F C Dm Am
A lonely road, crossed another cold state line
B F C
Miles away from those I love purpose hard to find

F C Dm C
Dear God the only thing I ask of you is
B F
to hold her when I’m not around,
C
when I’m much too far away
F C Dm C
We all need the person who can be true to you
B F
I left her when I found her
C
And now I wish I’d stayed
B C
‘Cause I’m lonely and I’m tired
* Dm C B
I’m missing you again oh no
F
Once again

after life

Intro: E5 F#5 B5 A5 G5 A5 E5 F#5 D5
        E5 F#5 D5 E5 G5 F#5 D5
        E5 F5 A5 B5 E5
E5                             G5   E5                         G5
Like walking into a dream, so unlike what you've seen
E5                        G5     E5              A5      G5       E5
so unsure but it seems, 'cause we've been waiting for you
E5                      G5     E5                            G5
Fallen into this place, just giving you a small taste
E5                                G5    E5                                    G5  B5 A5 G5 E5
of your afterlife here so stay, you'll be back here soon anyway

E5         G5       A5    E5            G5           A5
I see a distant light, but girl this can't be right
E5          G5                A5             B5       A5      G5
Such a surreal place to see so how did this come to be
A5               B5
Arrived too early

E5                                   G5                       B5
And when I think of all the places I just don't belong
E5                                           G5                      B5   G5
I've come to grips with life and realize this is going too far

(*)
G5                 D5                               E5    C5                         G5
I don't belong here, we gotta move on dear escape from this afterlife
                             D5               E5            C5                 B5
'Cause this time I'm right to move on and on, far away from here


E5                                 G5   E5                        G5
A place of hope and no pain, perfect skies with no rain
E5                                     G5   E5               A5       G5        E5
Can leave this place but refrain, 'cause we've been waiting for you
E5                      G5    E5                           G5
Fallen into this place, just giving you a small taste
E5                                 G5   E5                                   G5  B5 A5 G5 E5
of your afterlife here so stay, you'll be back here soon anyway

E5              G5                A5
This peace on earth's not right (with my back against the wall)
E5             G5        A5
No pain or sign of time (I'm much too young to fall)
E5             G5                     A5             B5          A5            G5
So out of place don't wanna stay, I feel wrong and that's my sign
A5                      B5
I've made up my mind

E5                                 G5                                B5
Give me your hand but realize I just wanna say goodbye
E5                                        G5                        B5    G5
Please understand I have to leave and carry on my own life

Back to (*)

(**)
G5                         D5                           E5
Got nothing against you and surely I'll miss you
C5                                      G5                             D5
This place full of peace and light, and I'd hope you might
            E5             C5                      B5
take me back inside when the time is right

E5 G5 E5 A5 E5 B5 E5 C5 2X E5

E5                       C5                           A5                           E5
Loved ones back home all crying 'cause they're already missing me
                    C5                                    A5             E5
I pray by the grace of God that there's somebody listening
E5              C5                       A5               E5
Give me a chance to be that person I wanna be
(Who are you?; I am unbroken; I'm choking on this ecstasy)
E5              C5                          A5                E5
Oh Lord I'll try so hard but you gotta let go of me
(Unbreak me, unchain me, I need another chance to live)


Interlude: E5 A5 G5 C5 B5
              E5 G5 F#5 A5 G5 B5 A5 B5
              E5 G5 F#5 A5 G5 C5 B5 E5 2X
             F4 E5 3X
Back to (*),(**)