The Line

A#m G# D# A#m G# D# A#m G# D# When I sing these words into an empty room A#m G# D# I'm not sure if they will even make a sound Fm If I burn my paper courage G# If I sow it in the ground A#m D# Will the ashes yield a seed to work around? A#m G# D# There's a hollow that once held a sense of youth A#m G# D# A little patch of light I learned to cut into Fm To cash it in for something wiser G# I just want a little truth A#m D# From every fire and flood that feeds a deeper wound Cm It used to be like a creek Fm G# C# D# Flowing from a summit I could never see Cm Fm G# Now it's frozen dry, carving lines around my eyes C# G# Tracing knots along my spine A#m C# It's so hard to find the time to let it breathe A#m C# Fm To find the line between the truth and the belief Fm G# D# A#m G# D# A#m G# D# War is young in terms of time, but it's got teeth A#m G# D# Tearing families and futures at the seams Fm Be it oil or gold or water G# We have always treasured greed A#m D# We won't bite the dying hand of history A#m G# D# To my friends who think you'll save yourselves some time A#m G# D# Because your confidence has withered up and died Fm You are more than what you carry G# You are more than what you hide A#m D# You will never know how much you leave behind Cm It used to be like a creek Fm G# C# D# Flowing from a summit I could never see Cm Fm G# Now it's frozen dry, carving lines around my eyes C# G# Tracing knots along my spine A#m C# It's so hard to find the time to let it breathe A#m C# Fm To find the line between the truth and the belief D# C# G# Every day dies in convulsion, I gotta smile away my pride D# C# G# But my nerves are buzzing rhythms, like defective power lines D# C# G# Burning holes into my memory, streaming smoke into the sky A#m C# One day we'll talk about what stars used to be like A#m C# D# Cm It used to be like a creek Fm G# C# D# Flowing from a summit I could never see Cm Fm G# Now it's frozen dry, carving lines around my eyes C# G# Tracing knots along my spine A#m C# It's so hard to find the time to let it breathe A#m C# Fm To find the line between the truth and the belief Fm G# D# A#m G# D# To find the line between the truth and the belief A#m G# D# A#m G# D#