The Bigger Picture

G                                  D/G
Long before the colors start to bleed
C9                              D/G
I can see the painting come alive
Bm                             C
Clever like an angel in disguise
F/C
Moving in and out of reach

A#     F/A    E4        B9/C#        C             Am


G                                                    D/G
If the candle lights this crooked path
C9                                                   D/G
Like a lighthouse peering through the haze
Bm                                           C
I will find the river through the rain
F/C
And I'll reach the water's edge

A#     F/A    E4        B9/C#        C             Am


Em        G        Bm        D
Shed your light on me
Em      G           D         C
Be my eyes when I can't see
Em         G       Bm           D
Shed your light on me
Em        G          D         C5+
Be my guide so I can see
                   Em
The bigger picture


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Em
Like a moth burned by the fire
                      C
And driven to the flame

(Prophecies' a blessing and a curse)
Em
I must bare this cross alone
                            C
There's no one else to blame
Bb
With each treasure found
                             F
Another shipwreck's washed ashore
C
I am carried by the current
                           D
On a slow and steady course

C#m                        E
What if caught in a moment
            B                 F#m
I get lost and can't find my way
C#m                          B
What if all along I was wrong
F#m                        E
In every turn, in every way

D                                F#m
Would you talk me off the ledge
E                       C#m
Or let me take the fall
           F#m         E
Better to try and fail
                        B
Then to never try at all

G
You look but cannot see
D/G
Talk but never speak
G
You live, but cannot breathe
C
See but don't believe

G
Wounds that never heal
D/G
A heart that cannot feel
G
A dream that's all too real
C9
A stare as cold as steel

G
I've listened to the stories of resentment and disdain
Bm
I've looked into the empty eyes of anger, fear, and shame
Em
I've taken blood from every stone
D                                   C
And traveled every road

F                                               Bb
When I see the distant lights illuminate the night
F/A           Eb  Am     G
Then I will know I am home