Bright Lanterns

	  		

Intro: C Am F G 

Verse: 
                        C                             Am 
Well we air clear blue aching skies in the morning after, 
                 F                       G 
and memories of gold on the run, flying around, 
                    C                       Am 
was there a drunken cloud over someone just empty, 
                  F                           G 
a vision of a mountain you say, so where did it go? 

Bridge:
 
       G7          Am              F             G 
It was light and i held it like a child to be saved 
       G7                   Am              F 
from the fires and from the falling down satellites 
           G 
but still wondering 


   C               F               C       Am 
"Damn you always treat me like a stranger, mountain 
Em                      Am                F               G 
though you've seen the shadow between the city and what is mine, 
            C              F                C          Am 
and fallen kids all rising men among their logs, but leavers, 
Em       Am               F                     G 
suddenly darker in their eyes and their broken smiles, 
G                                     C 
it's only what these kids will haul around." 


C Am F G 

Verse: 
                        C                             Am 
Well there's a lot of sullen land for hungry feed of answers, 
                  F                                  G 
and medicine for balancing things, like seeing your ghosts, 
                     C                          Am 
So thank god we're bright, said the lanterns brother, 
                      F                              G 
cause I don't know a thing about boats or the land I see 

Bridge:
 
G7                Am               F               G 
It was day and I stood there once again climbing quick 
G7                      Am                  F               G 
when I knew you were the one throwing dying stars on our gathering 
but he said 

 
C                 F                  C        Am 
"Damn you always treat me like a mountain, stranger 
Em              Am             F                  G 
though I have never seen your shadows or fading lights, 
            C                  F                 C          Am 
I'm just a rock that you'll be picking up through all your ages, 
Em        Am                F                G 
always believing there's a canyon for every blind, 
G                                     C 
it's only what these kids will haul around." 

C Am F G 
till you get bored