Keepers

	  		
Intro:  
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Verse 
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We’ve been sown, grown here on the soil 
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With roots that burrow deep 

We’ve been long left, but edges of the coil now 
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Closer ever creep 

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Elders, tellers, keepers of the bygone 
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Treasures of the dirt 

Brush and string we and scribble and we sing 
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And dig for the annals of the earth 

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And we try, try, try 
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To keep a little beauty in the world 
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All that died, died, died 
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We keep it in our hands
 

Instrumental 
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Verse 
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In their dark clouds, blackening the sun 
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They came down to the shores 

Motors hard, loud, beaten, overcome 
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No peace here anymore 

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Bridges rigid, wicked are the pillars 
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Push us till we fall (until we fall) 

Prophet’s lies burn craving in their eyes still 
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Casting a shadow over all 

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And we try, try, try 
                 Dm 
To keep a little beauty in the world 
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All that died, died, died 
                  Dm 
We keep it in our hands 

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Oo-oo-ooh 
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we are the fading voice (we are the elders, tellers) 
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Oo-oo-ooh 
                  Dm 
we keep it in our hands
 

Interlude 

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   Ooh, we tell it to the page 
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   Ooh, we never let it fade 
 
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And we try, try, try 
                 Dm 
To keep a little beauty in the world 
         F           G 
All that died, died, died 
                  Dm 
We keep it in our hands 

F     G 
Oo-oo-ooh 
           Dm 
we are the fading voice (we are the elders, tellers) 
F     G 
Oo-oo-ooh 
                  Dm 
we keep it in our hands 


Outro 
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