C                               F
I skimmed across black water, without once submerging
C                             G
Onto the banks of an urban morning
C                             F
That hungers the first light, much much more than the
C         G     C
mountains ever do


[Verse 2]
C                               F
And she like a ghost beside me, goes down with the case

of a dolphin
C            G
And emerges unlearned, unshamed, unharmed
C                            F
For she is perfect creature, natural in every feature
    C                      G           C
And I am the geek with the alchemists' stone


[Chorus]
F           G              C
For all of you who must discover,
F             G          C
For all who seek to understand,
F              G              C
For having left the path of others
Bb             F            G
You'll find a very special hand.


[Verse 3]
C                           F
And it is a holy thing, and it is a precious time
C                   G
And it is the only way
C                                     F
Forget-me-nots among the snow, it's always been and so

it goes
   C                        G           C
To ponder his death and his life eternally


[Chorus]
C                            F
And it is a holy thing, and it is a precious time
C                   G
And it is the only way
C                                    F
Forget-me-nots among the snow, it's always been and so

it goes
   C                        G           C
To ponder his death and his life eternally


[Outro]
C
One bright blue rose outlives all those
F
Two thousand years and still it goes
   C                        G           C
To ponder his death and his life eternally