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capo 1 — sounds a semitone higherIntro
Verse 1
Sixteen years,
Sixteen banners united over the field
Where a good Shepard grieves.
Desperate men, desperate women divided
Spreading their wings 'neath the falling leaves
Verse 2
Fortune calls
I stepped forth from the shadows, to the marketplace,
Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down.
She's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born
On midsummer's eve, near the tower
Interlude
Verse 3
The cold-blooded moon
The captain waits above the celebration
Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid
Whose ebony face is beyond communication
he captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid
Verse 4
They shaved her head
She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo
A messenger arrived with a black nightingale
I seen her on the stairs and I couldn't help but follow
Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil
Interlude
Verse 5
I stumbled to my feet
I rode past the destruction in the ditches
With the stitches still mending 'neath the heart shaped tattoo.
Renegade priests and treacherous young witches
Were handing out the flowers that I'd given to you
Verse 6
The palace of mirrors
Where dog solders are reflected,
The endless road and the wailing of chimes
The empty rooms where her memory is protected
Where the angels' voices whisper to the souls of previous times
Interlude
Verse 7
She wakes him up
Forty-eight hours later, the sun is breaking
Near broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rock.
She's begging to know what measures he now will be taking.
He's pulling her down and she's clutching on to his long golden locks
Verse 8
Gentlemen, he said,
I don't need your organization, I've shined your shoes,
I've moved your mountains, and marked your cards
But Eden is burning, either get ready for elimination
Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards
Verse 9
Peace will come
With tranquility and splendor on the wheels of fire
But will offer no reward when her false idols fall
And cruel death surrenders with it's pale ghosts retreating
Between the King and Queen of Swords
Outro
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