Like Lions
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C/G (hammer-on g string) No lyrics [Verse 1]C/G There are those among us willingAm To get by on anythingG Hollow hope of what is comingC/G A lifetime dangled by a stringC/G But this ocean dives so deeplyAm And this river runs so wideG I won't be counted one among themC/G Until my soul is satisfiedC/G Brick and brick of buried hungerAm Keeping all desire darkG And then we are like lionsC/G We are tearing it apartC/G There are those among us lyingAm Saying nothing is for freeG And then we are like lionsC/G And we will not leave until we eatC/G Playing kings and playing peasantsAm Do we get what we are owedG An eagle comes and talks of failureC/G A rabbit offers up its throatC/G Will they buy even our breathingAm A river strangled by a damG Less than one percent are takenC/G So tell me who dries up this landContinues after the adC/G Is it worse to see no futureAm Is it worse to be afraidG And then we are like lionsC/G Pumping fire in our veinsC/G We are born with a perfect hungerG We are born with a perfect needF And then we are like lionsC/G And we are bearing all our teeth [Interlude]C/G Am G C/G [Verse 2]C/G It is coming down the mountainAm Fear that hoards you like a coldG It wants to settle in your footprintsC/G Keep you still from where you're goingC/G Aw, you think you know of losingAm Aw, you doubt of innocenceG That big sky still hangs above youC/G Every day just wants to quitC/G There's no light you see to guide youG And it scares you just the sameF G And then we are like lionsC/G Nothing dares get in our wayC/G See your faithless sails driftingG And your truth just cut apartF G And then we are like lionsC/G We are golden in our heartsC/G And then we are like lionsG We are standing on two feetC/G G Hanging on the kitchen wallF For everyone to seeC/G Get out your banjoF So we can singC/G There are winds that wrap and hold meAm There are whispers in the treesG I cannot hold all that is sacredC/G They are holding onto meC/G Kiss the years that all are dyingAm Kiss the face that makes you stayG They are in your rhythms walkingC/G They are showing you the wayC/G Breath and breath above a sicknessG Shouting threats upon your lifeF G And then we are like lionsC/G We are fool enough to fightC/G It will cheat you in the balanceG Taking more than left to liveF G And then we are like lionsC/G We are strong enough to giveF G And then we are like lionsC/G We are strong enough to give
