G Dm Fmaj7 C
G Dm Fmaj7
[Verse 1]
Am G
A single perfect dew drop forms
Am G
The first pearl of the morning
Am G
And as the air surrounding warms
Fmaj7
And darkness ebbs away
Fmaj7
Another fragile day
[Verse 2]
Am G
She's there observing silently
Am G
A witness to creation
Am G
She understands the irony
Fmaj7
This is her final scene
Fmaj7
A picture in a dream
Fmaj7 Cm
The way it's always been
[Chorus]
G Dm
But it comes as a cost
Fmaj7 C
With this sense that something permanent is lost
G Dm
That a line has been crossed
Fmaj7 C
An argument to which there's no riposte
C G
That's a singularity
G Dm
It's your own mortality
Dm Fmaj7
It's the punishment and prize
Fmaj7 C
It's the lights before your eyes
G Dm Fmaj7
Come alive, oh firefly of mine
[Verse 3]
Am G
Tomorrow is un-reachable
Am G
Tomorrow is invention
Am G
Tomorrow is un-teachable
Fmaj7
It's where the answers hide
Fmaj7
It's where we don't arrive
[Verse 4]
Am G
How precious is the time we've left
Am G
How priceless every moment
Am G
We must abandon hopeless quests
Fmaj7
This business of forgiveness
Fmaj7 Cm
This notion of atonement
[Chorus]
G Dm
But it comes as a cost
Fmaj7 C
With this sense that something permanent is lost
G Dm
That a line has been crossed
Fmaj7 C
An argument to which there's no riposte
C G
That's a singularity
G Dm
It's your own mortality
Dm Fmaj7
It's the punishment and prize
Fmaj7 C
It's the lights before your eyes
G Dm Fmaj7
Come alive, oh firefly of mine
[Solo]
Am G Am G Am G Fmaj7 Cm
[Chorus]
G Dm
But it comes as a cost
Fmaj7 C
With this sense that something permanent is lost
G Dm
That a line has been crossed
Fmaj7 C
An argument to which there's no riposte
C G
That's a singularity
G Dm
It's your own mortality
Dm Fmaj7
It's the punishment and prize
Fmaj7 C
It's the lights before your eyes
G Dm Fmaj7
Come alive, oh firefly of mine