Aish Tamid

Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A The place lays phased like a warrior slayed Bm A Engraved into the space with his sword still raised Bm A Layers of charcoal sprayed through hallways Bm A Bm A Praise relays off the walls echoing all ways Bm A Dirt covered earth lays beneath my rib cage Bm A Giving birth to overgrowth invading on to path ways Bm A Burnt out trees cover streets where children once played Bm A Sown seeds decay through sacred stepping stones in disarray Bm A Where the alter used to be placed inter-changed for bloodstains Bm A Sunrays illuminate the smoke filled haze Bm A Trace of incense scents of sacrifice stayed Em Aish tamid eternally D A fire burns continuously Em Wondering where you been D Won't you come on home to me? Em Aish tamid eternally D A fire burns continuously Em Wondering where you been D Won't you come on home to me? Bm A Flash back patches of grass growing wild in fact Bm A Cracked walls burnt black like a kingdom sacked Bm A Memories like artifacts attacked yet still intact Bm A Melodies wrapped in glass and shatter with the impact Bm A Air intermingling ringing with the singing Bm A of songs once sung, hung, flung into the rafters Bm A Catastrophe struck the sound stuck disaster plastered Bm A The aftermath a blasted building once standing, Bm A like a starved man fasting the skies expanding Bm A clouds passing, dust particles dancing, Bm A in broken bars of light, streaming from a shaft, slashed into the ceiling, Bm A Sshhhh, you could feel the ground breathing. Em Aish tamid eternally D A fire burns continuously Em Wondering where you been D Won't you come on home to me? Em Aish tamid eternally D A fire burns continuously Em Wondering where you been D Won't you come on home to me? Em D Em D Bm A Daughter of Zion is lying crying in the mist Bm A Morning light slips in, shifting through the darkness Bm A Like a morning wife reminisce Bm A having visions of her long gone prince Bm A Memories drip rain drops tip towing emptiness Bm A Intermixed with tears like fears left unfixed Bm A Walls worn thin frozen fortress like Bm A dawn waiting for the sunrise of a day that got skipped Bm A Like a life gone wrong wandering wilderness Bm A Lovesick stripped abyss empty once luscious Em D Em D Em Aish tamid eternally D A fire burns continuously Em Wondering where you been D Won't you come on home to me? Em Aish tamid eternally D A fire burns continuously Em Wondering where you been D Won't you come on home to me? Bm A Paint the scene so you could see, the city's picking up speed Bm A On a bench 14th street, taxi's streaming yellow streaks Bm A Spears piercing through my ears, you could hear the traffic speak Bm A Jack hammers drill smacking through the cracking concrete Bm A Buildings filled with windowsills spilled tangled telephone wires Bm A Signs sparking neon lights flash like wild fire Bm A My insides rise I start to feel paralyzed Bm A Let out a sigh-a melody blew by- like an ancient war cry Bm A the way the sunlight hit the trees it really caught my eye, Bm A Bm A glistening' listening' to the breeze dancing' through the leaves, Bm A Bm A Bm A freeze, the city move's in slow motion like a dream Em D Em D Em D Em D Em D Em D Em D Em D Bm A I'm left empty like the temple turned into a fox den Bm A Bus fumes dripping spitting into city summer sun Bm A Sifting through the ash dimly lit vision listening Bm A To the hiss lifting off a nighttime ocean Bm A Shim, shim, shimmering singing hair on my skin Bm A Glim, glim. Glimmering, whispering where ya been Bm A From amidst the darkness set sail with the softness Bm A Breeze traveling across the seas arisen from with in Mt. Zion Bm A Bm A Wind coming in picking up momentum Bm A Bm A Cutting crisply through the thickness riding on a rhythm Bm A A rollercoaster sizzling, twisting down the mountain Bm A ripping rocket ship exploding like a fountain Bm A overflowing spilling through the courtyards of Jerusalem Em D Uncovering debris lifting up the fallen arisen within Em to reach the yiddin even in Manhattan D exposed menorah glowing in the shadows of destruction Bm trailblazing through affliction A brushing off the branches golden Bm standing strong flames A Bm A Bm A dancing like a lion roaring rising out of nothing