A Benediction

D G D Bm D G E C#m A D Bm G C D D G When it seems you're all but drowning D G May the water quench your thirsting D G When the sun is nearly blinding D A G D G D Bm D May you, by it, see everything D G When your worry leaves you weary D G May your sleep be sound and healing D G When the road is long and winding E C#m And the wrong story is selling A May you find your own worth writing D When the fairies tell of weeping Bm May you show them all the glory G When there's too many to bury C May you know death lost already D G D Bm D G E C#m A D Bm G C D D G When the burden's beyond bearing D G May you know it's not yours only D G When your body's worn and wasting E C#m And time is only taking A May you find it all worth giving D In the silent war that's raging Bm Keep quietly rebelling G When there's always more to bury C May you know death lost already D In secula seculorum (meaning "unto the ages of ages") D G D Bm D G E C#m A D Bm G C F A# F A# C G D D G When it seems you're all but drowning D G May the water quench your thirsting D G When the sun is nearly blinding D A Gmaj7 D May you, by it, see everything A Gmaj7 D As it was meant to be A Gmaj7 D A wonder, extraordinary A Gmaj7 D Made to wander free and fearlessly A Gmaj7 D Unto all eternity G D G D A G Bm A C Because death has lost already D G D Bm G C D