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C A# A When a room becomes an altar And what beast that must exist Gm6 It flies with music from our lips A# And steals a kiss and blows it Gm6 A Out into the mist Where castles stand on cliffs And cobbled streets they wind and drift Gm6 And moods are made and set but shift A# This place where skies are low Gm6 A And birds are big We went to sleep in day And woke again the same day Gm6 We have learned to cheat the time A# And find the hours Gm6 A That the clocks cannot define As I looked up from that stage Gm6 I felt the thing that had been made And how it raged A# And how it raged Gm How to explain? Something makes me howl C7 And shiver to the core Dm Ah outside if it was raining A# C Then inside there'd be a storm Dm We've got a pair of hands for climbing A# C And a pair of knees to spring Dm And a pair of balls for strength A# C And a pair of lungs to sing Dm And these simple chords A# A# C That say: music is the language of us all Dm A Dm (4x) A... C A# A To write these songs is to be written Ah the chorus always knows Gm6 What is in store A# And what is more the thing that sings us Gm6 A Is the thing that makes us roar I felt that beast 'kisso my neck We clapped our hands A# And heard them spread Gm6 There was a trumpet and a call A# A A pack of Spaniards screamed for more Music is the language of us all Music is the language of us all Music is the language of us all Music is the language of us all Dm A Dm (x12) A... Gm I find it hard to speak emotional C7 Cos these things are the things that F Can't be said And when it's struck it strikes A# C The memory from our heads Dm Once I wrote to play's A# C To be immortal for a night Dm And despite the unknown hours A# Something happens C F When the light turns out the lights Dm Then we fade and yawn A# C To music that's the language of us all