Let The Song Begin

Dm C (8x) Dm C Dm C halo flies across the shoolyard Dm C Dm C spirits caught in the classroom walls Dm C Dm C margins of notebooks seething Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm C with the tracks of a kindred soul Dm C F Bb Dm C Dm C yet to walk through the world without skin to his nerve Dm C F Bb A yet to witness the grievance it is to observe Dm C but for now my friend Dm Bb F just let the song begin A Dm C and bring the mourners in Dm F Bb A we'll try to find some beauty in this hostile mass for now Dm C (4x) words fall through walls and windows to the solace of your distress cos you need it just like I do spite the air to which you confess we walk through the world in our skin and our bone we're all ground 'neath the rudder so cold and alone Dm C but for now my friend Dm Bb F just let the song begin A Dm C and bring the mourners in Dm F Bb A we'll try to find some beauty in this hostile mass cos I know it's out there so let the song begin and bring the mourners in there lies a mass of hope in this stone cathedral for sure Stick |Dm |Bb |F |A | |Dm |Bb |F |A |A | Dm C (4x) small town a thinned-out region little boy on a gravel road his feet bare in stark amazement at the trappings of being free