One Foot Before The Other + Lyrics
Frank TurnerVersion1
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On the very day I die
The very last of my desires
Is that you take my broken body
And commit it to the fire
And then when the fire is finished
Scrape the ashes in a tin
Take them down to Londons drinking reservoirs
And throw them in
And then specks infinitesimal of my mortal remains
Will slide down 7 million throats and into 7 million veins
And I will creep through their capillaries to the marrow of their bones
And they will wake to bright new mornings and then wordlessly theyll know
That I remain
I am remembered
I remain
I am remembered
So these 7 million innocents
They will have me in their blood
And when they die theyll burn their bodies
Or be buried in the mud
And I will spread through streams and rivers like a virus through a host
From the hamlets to the cities from the rivers to the coast
And from there into the channel across the great Atlantic Ocean
And ever onwards to the new world
Through the waters gentle motions
Until parts of me are part of every land mass every sea
In the rain, up on your crops and in the very air you breath
I remain
I am remembered
I remain
I am remembered
I remain
And all the things I love will be washed away in the rain
I remain
Im not convinced of the existence of these things that dont exist
Yeah by Jewish boys with big ideas and scratches on their wrist
By a loving or a vengeful God
Or one who condescends
Wholl wash his hands down in the mire among the misery of men
Or by ever turning circles hanging timeless in the sky
Like a dream catcher distracting from the fact youre gonna die
But I place one foot before the other
Confident because
I know that everything we are right now is everything that was
That Watt Tyler, Woody, Guthrie, Dostoevsky and Davy Jones
Are all dissolved into the ether and have crept into my bones
And all the cells in all the lines upon the backs of both my hands
Were once carved into the details of two feet upon the sand
We remain
We are remembered
We remain
We are remembered
We remain
And all the things we love
Will be washed away in the rain
We remain
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Readable chord sheet for One Foot Before The Other + Lyrics by Frank Turner
On the [G]very day I die The very [Cm]last of my desires Is that you t[G]ake my broken body And co[Cm]mmit it to the fire And then [G]when the fire is finished Scrape the [Cm]ashes in a tin Take them [G]down to Londons drinking reservo[Cm]irs And throw them [F]in And then s[G]pecks infinitesimal of [Cm]my mortal remains Will slide down [G]7 million throats and into [Cm]7 million veins And I will [G]creep through their capillaries to the [Cm]marrow of their bones And they will [G]wake to bright new mornings and then [Cm]wordlessly theyll kn[F]ow That I rem[G]ain [Dm] I am rem[Cm]embered [F] I rem[G]ain [Dm] I am re[Cm]membered [F] So these [G]7 million innocents They will [Cm]have me in their blood And when they [G]die theyll burn their bodies Or be [Cm]buried in the mud And I will [G]spread through streams and rivers like a v[Cm]irus through a host From the [G]hamlets to the cities from the [Cm]rivers to the coast And from [G]there into the channel across the [Cm]great Atlantic Ocean And ever o[G]nwards to the new world Through the [Cm]waters gentle motions Until [G]parts of me are part of every [Cm]land mass every sea In the [G]rain, up on your crops and in the [Cm]very air you b[F]reath I re[G]main [Dm] I am re[Cm]membered [F] I r[G]emain [Dm] I am re[Cm]membered [F] I rem[G]ain And all the things I [Dm]love will be w[Cm]ashed away in the rain [F] I re[G]main [Dm] [Cm] [F] [G] [D] [Eb] Im not conv[D]inced of the existence of these things that dont exist Yeah by J[Eb]ewish boys with big ideas and scratches on their wrist By a l[D]oving or a vengeful God Or one who condescends Wholl wash his ha[Eb]nds down in the mire among the misery of men Or by [F]ever turning circles hanging timeless in the sky Like a [G]dream catcher distracting from the fact youre gonna die But I p[D]lace one foot before the other Confident because I know that [Eb]everything we are right now is everything that was That Watt [D]Tyler, Woody, Guthrie, Dostoevsky and Davy Jones Are all dis[Eb]solved into the ether and have crept into my bones And all the [F]cells in all the lines upon the backs of both my hands Were once c[D]arved into the details of two feet upon the sand We re[G]main [Dm] We are re[Cm]membered [F] We re[G]main [Dm] We are re[Cm]membered [F] We re[G]main And all the things we l[Dm]ove Will be w[Cm]ashed away in the rain [F] We re[G]main [Dm] [Cm] [F]