Em  G   C

                 Em      G    C
I shall return no more
          Em     G   C
The sea covers me
              A              C
To pick gold from the skies
                           Em     G   C
I shall wait between the spaces
                       Em   G  C
I shall return no more
              Em   G  C
Imperium et nihil
                    A    C
The silence has folded
 Em       G     C
Inside and out
                   Em   G    C
And Mary waits in silence
               Em    G  C
Imperium nihil est
              A     C
In the gap between
             Em           D
His thought and his word
                  C     G
Something is finished
                  D       C
And something is born
                     A         C
In the place where words cease
      Em      G     C   
In the moment when
     Em                 G  C
Actions no longer matter
               Em     G   C
Oh the sky may darken
      A          C
The curtain tear
           Em   G C
She shall wait
                           Em    G C 
Silver dust falls from her hair
                    Em    G C
Waits a span or a time
                    A     C
Sketches of her life swirl
            Em            G C
Around her silence silent
                     Em    G C
The sounds of her silence
                   Em    G  C
The forms that they take
                  A      C
They cover me still
            Em
My fingers twist in pain
D            C      G
Words are finished
              D     C
And I come swiftly
              A       C
And with a vengeance
          Em
And Mary waits in silence