The Lake
Antony And The Johnsons
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Bb Gm F Eb [Verse 1]Bb Gm In youth's spring, it was my lotF EbBb Gm To haunt of the wide earth a spotF EbBb Gm To which I could not love the lessF EbBb Gm F Eb So lovely was the lonelinessBb Gm Of a wild lake, with black rockF Eb boundBb Gm And the tall trees that toweredF Eb around [Pre-Chorus] But when the night had thrown herCm pallDm Eb Upon that spot as upon allCm And the wind would pass me byEb D7 In its stilly melody [Chorus]Eb My infant spirit would awakeF Gm To the terror of the lone lakeEb My infant spirit would awakeF Bb To the terror of the lone lakeContinues after the adGm F Eb [Verse 2]Bb Gm Yet that terror was not frightF Eb But a tremulous delightBb Gm And a feeling undefinedF Eb Springing from a darkened mindBb Gm Death was in that poisoned waveF And in its gulf, a fitting graveEb BbGm For him who thence could solace bringF Eb To his dark imaginingBb Whose wildering thought could evenGm makeF Eb An Eden of that dim lake [Pre-Chorus] But when the night had thrown herCm pallDm Eb Upon that spot as upon allCm And the wind would pass me byEb D7 In its stilly melody [Chorus]Eb My infant spirit would awakeF Gm To the terror of the lone lakeEb My infant spirit would awakeF Gm To the terror of the lone lakeEb My infant spirit would awakeF Bb Gm To the terror of the lake [Bridge]F Springing from a darkened mindEb Bb So lovely was the lonelinessGm In youth's spring, it was my lotF Eb In its stilly melody [Other]Bb Gm An Eden of that dim lakeF Eb An Eden of that dim lakeBb Lone, lone, lonelyGm Lone, lone, lonelyF Eb Lone, lone, lonely