Write It Out

[D]    [F#]   [B]    [G]    [E]    [A]
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[D]

[D]Yeah I try to write it out, not s[F#]ure what I recall
I c[B]an’t tell if it’s memory or st[G]ory telling now
[D]It happened very quickly but it s[F#]eemed to last for hours
And [B]everything was crisp and clean till [G]all came crashing down
So much [E]fire and deb[G]ris that I was nearly bl[D]ind with panic,
and th[B]ere was no one anyw[G]here to tu[D]rn to be saved
from the t[B]yranny and cava[G]lcade. And[E] all use was l[G]ost.

And the more that I would struggle, the more that I became entwined
And the thickets & the thorns became my flesh and I was vine.
Creeping deep into the pavement, breaking ground as I grew fast
To the center of the city and up again where I did gasp
in the air or the breeze and I was still alive with a start
And there were people everywhere to behold and admire
And I longed to be one of them and though I was lost

I felt familiar with my surroundings, though they didn’t look quite right
Like someplace that I had been before, under cover of night.
And I found my way by light of day to the center of a crowd
and told them I was one of them and begged them for their help.
And with stones they took their aim, and I knew I would die at their hands
Where I was crowned a heretic to be loathed and set fire and laid upon a
pyre of fire
And as I cast my eyes to the sky I felt your touch,

so gentle and so soothing that I knew I had been saved,
but my movements were so labored and my will had been betrayed
But my lips they work alone now and to them I am enslaved.
And the slightest indiscretions that I made were met with rage
And I burned to be free and then you rescued me
with your voice and beckoned me beside you and your touch was alive.
Sensational and vibrant and with care and your words

You say “[D]Sleep it is a stealthy thing, you ca[F#]nnot know its plans.
You were[B] only dreaming, dear, and now h[G]ere with me again.”
You a[D]sk if I’d account to you the sp[F#]irit of my night
And you [B]handed me this pad and this p[G]en with which to write.
While it’s f[E]resh in your m[G]ind.
Before it gets a[D]way  [A]
[G]Before it gets a[D]way  [A]
[G]Before it gets a[D]way  [A]
[G]Before it gets a[D]way