Threnody
Two GallantsVersion1
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gather 'round, you wounded people
shadows fall upon the steeple,
soon shall come the closing of,
the closing of the gates
for there is a word of plague among us
curse the one whose poison stung us,
all along the alleyways
the satyrs wait their fate
but who's to blame when all are guilty
morals stained & conscience filthy
abreast your idol replicas
your replicas of lust,
in the sky I hear the threshing
dare to watch your lord undressing
while you beg forgiveness,
you feed on his disgust
but if perhaps the salt might stain your skin
and if perhaps the smoke might weep your eyes
listen while the threnodies begin
know no one in here gets out alive.
but let your frailty not deceive you
a little pinprick, rest relieves you,
and dream of all the days that are,
the years that are to come -
for you will dance & you'll be nimble
pirouettes upon a thimble
and I will be beside you
lest I lose you once again.
but if perhaps my sorrows all are show
and I should find a crack among the gates,
guilt shall follow me where'er I go
though I try I know I can't escape
and when you're gone the earth will crumble
I will try but I will stumble
and all through these city streets
my robes shall drag the ground
hear the children swing with sorrow,
yesterday was once tomorrow
no more I'll be troubled
by the troubles of this world
but if I lose my step along the way
and if the speech of victim fills my throat
out beyond past the cliffs that shape the day
it's there Ill wander, there Ill stray
it's there Ill look for you when all my trials are done
I feign sleep to save my breath,
this love is loss, this life is theft,
and all that's left is some vain need to carry on
and though I fear the tightening of the skies
against the dawn I'll watch you rise
oh lord, the company I keep within my head
the scent of flesh might tease the nose
it claims the calm, it clings the clothes
could that be you, my love?
your dust upon the wind?
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Readable chord sheet for Threnody by Two Gallants
[Am] [Am]gather 'round, you wounded people [Dm]shadows fall upon the steeple, [Am]soon shall come the c[G]losing of, the c[Fadd9]losing o[F]f the g[G]ates [Am]for there is a word of plague among us [F]curse the one whose poison stung us, [C]all along the a[Am]lleyways the s[G]atyrs wait their fa[F]te [G] [Am]but who's to blame when all are guilty [Dm]morals stained & conscience filthy [Am]abreast your idol [G]replicas your[Fadd9] replic[F]as of l[G]ust, [Am]in the sky I hear the threshing [F]dare to watch your lord undressing [C]while you beg forg[Am]iveness, you f[G]eed on his disgu[F]st [G] but i[C]f perhaps the s[G]alt might stain your s[F]kin [C] [G] and [Am]if perhaps the sm[G]oke might weep your [F]eyes [C] [G] [C]listen while the t[G]hrenodies begi[C]n [G] [Am]know no one in h[G]ere gets out a[F]live. [G] [Am]but let your frailty not deceive you [Dm]a little pinprick, rest relieves you, [Am]and dream of all the d[G]ays that are, the y[Fadd9]ears that [F]are to [G]come - for [Am]you will dance & you'll be nimble [F]pirouettes upon a thimble and [C]I will be b[Am]eside you lest I l[G]ose you once a[F]gain. [G] but i[C]f perhaps my s[G]orrows all are s[F]how [C] [G] and I[Am] should find a cr[G]ack among the ga[F]tes, [C] [G] [C]guilt shall follow [G]me where'er I [C]go [G] [Am]though I try I k[G]now I can't e[F]scape [G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [F] [F] [Am]and when you're gone the earth will crumble [Dm]I will try but I will stumble [Am]and all through these c[G]ity streets my [Fadd9]robes shall d[F]rag the g[G]round [Am]hear the children swing with sorrow, [F]yesterday was once tomorrow [C]no more I'll be t[Am]roubled by the t[G]roubles of this [F]world [G] but [C]if I lose my s[G]tep along the [F]way [C] [G] and [Am]if the speech of v[G]ictim fills my t[F]hroat [G] [C]out beyond past the cliffs that shape the d[Am]ay it's there Ill wander, there Ill [G6]stray it's there Ill look for you when a[F]ll my trials are [G]done [C]I feign sleep to save my br[Am]eath, this love is loss, this life is t[G6]heft, and all that's left is some vain n[F]eed to carry o[G]n and t[C]hough I fear the tightening of the sk[Am]ies against the dawn I'll watch you r[G6]ise oh lord, the company I ke[F]ep within my h[G]ead [C]the scent of flesh might tease the n[Am]ose it claims the calm, it clings the c[G]lothes could that be you, my love? your d[F]ust upon the w[G]ind? [C] [Am] [G6] [F] [G] [C] [G] [F] [G] [Am]