Five Century Riddle
Em D G Am
Six guards walk in the shadow of a lonely mountain
Five walls rise to face the sea
Four heads turn to see the glory of a new tomorrow
Three sails leave and mothers breathe
C
And beyond it all a dead man looks to ask his daughter
Em G D Am
Read the puzzle in your eye, work out four new ways to cry
Turn your head and vow to try; this is not our time to die
Em G D Am C
Burn your tongue with coward's brief; is it really so wrong to be free?
One fae stands, and his face is marked with bitter fighting
All the wars he's never seen
One fae falls, and his blood is washed away in teardrops
One fae chooses not to be
And beyond the waves an only son asks of his brother
Read the puzzle in your eye, work out four new ways to cry
Turn your head and vow to try; this is not our time to die
Burn your tongue with coward's brief; is it really so wrong to be free?
Em G D Am
Four men pass, Three doors close, Two wives cry, One child knows
Eight blades fall, six girls sing, four boys fight, two bees sting
Em G D Am C
All fall down before the truths that they know far too well to know
Three crowns dip and one council nods in affirmation
Two shades watch as both dreams die
One leaf drops 'neath a sheltered branch within a garden
No man hears the willow cry
And beside the lake she takes his hand to kiss it softly
Read the puzzle in your eye, work out four new ways to cry
Turn your head and vow to try; this is not our time to die
Burning branch and scattered leaf, there is no such thing as what must be
(C is sometimes replaced by Cadd9 if there is a big build)
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(OC Author - Fergal O'Brien)