Mother Of Mysteries

C F C G C F C Oh, I wish I believed, if only for you G In a sweet ever after beyond the blue C F C In an eternal father, who after the fall Am G He cast us all out of the garden F Em But I've found an Eden I can believe in F Am G Leavened with nothing but time F C There is grandeur in this view of life G Where one becomes many through struggle and strife C F C But the mother of mysteries is another man's call G Am Why is there something instead of nothing at all C F C Why is there something instead of nothing at all F C If the devil's own chaplain is leading the prayer G From a book that's been written with sorrow and care C F C Then his hand is indifferent, but it isn't unkind Am G No evil design in his sermon F Em For I hear a chorus of those gone before us F Am G Scored upon pages of stone F C There is grandeur in this view of life G Where one becomes many through struggle and strife C F C But the mother of mysteries is another man's call G Am Why is there something instead of nothing at all C G F Em F G C G C Why is there something instead of nothing at all___ F C Oh, what an utter desert is a life without love G Would that your blessing alone was enough C F C To abandon my doubt in the veil of your tears Am G Oh, my dear, how the fabric has fallen F Em For I've found an Eden I can believe in F Am G Free from the master's design F C There is grandeur in this view of life G Where one becomes many through struggle and strife C F C But the mother of mysteries is another man's call G Am Why is there something instead of nothing at all C G C Oh, why is there something instead of nothing at all C F C G C C F C G C