The Stars

The day after the fall 
Of another big wounded man
A little quiet reckoning
Took place in my own two hands
The day after the prophet
Spoke blinding clarity
I dreamt your face was nothingness
A void that drew me in
And there in the darkness
I had to begin again

I was thinking about the stars
In the field and the rain
I was thinking about your heart
A mysterious place
I was thinking about my love
Did it go to waste?
I was thinking about the power
Of the worlds I make

The day after the wall
Went up between our lands
I crept over to the ugly side
And saw beauty without end
The day after  the vision 
Of a river to take me home
The child saw flags blowing in the wind
And said, “Look how the water flows!”
And there in the darkness
I began to dance again

I was thinking about the stars
In the field and the rain
I was thinking in the dark
What a glorious place
I was thinking about the death
I have come to face
I was thinking about what’s left
To regenerate

You gave me a cup of bliss
As wide as the sea
But only once you’d vanished
I was ready to drink
It’s a funny bitter irony
That loneliness tastes sweet
Now I am thinking

I am thinking about the stars
In the field and the rain
The holy broken heart
With its beautiful veins
I am thinking how it’s strong
Enough to lift this weight
I am thinking how it knows
What it needs to make
It knows on its own
It glows like the stars

Chords

Tune guitar down 1/2 step to match recording (actual key is A♭)

Intro/interlude:

||: B | E | E :|| 

Verse:

||: B | E | E | B | E | E | F# | G#m | B | E | E :||
F# | G#m | C#m | F#

Chorus (measures are double the length):

||: E | B | F# | G#m :|| 
| B♭m#5 C#m (one beat each for turnaround) |

Bridge:

Hold Bbm#5 to transition to bridge

||: C#m | G#m | B | E :|| x2 | E | Em | B | G#m | C#m | F#

Last chorus ends going back to E, “It knows on its own” and repeat B | E | E progression until satisfied