Forest Fire
Mount Eerie
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F G Am G C G [Verse]F G The year moves on without you in itAm G Now it is fall without youF I had to close the windows andG doors without you coming throughAm I kept them open for as long as IG couldC G But the baby got coldF G I watched the calendar bulldoze [Instrumental]F G Am GC This whole past summer was aG lingering heat waveF And I remember late August, ourG open bedroom window Going through your things with theF fan blowingG And the sound of helicopters and the smell of smokeC From the forest fire that wasG growing, billowing just on the edgeF of town where we used to swimContinúa después del anuncioG They say a natural, cleansingAm devastation burning the understory, erasing trailsG There is no endC But when I'm kneeling in the heatG Throwing out your underwearF The devastation is not natural or goodG You do belong hereF G I reject nature, I disagreeC In the hazy light of forest fire smokeG I looked across at the refineriesF And thought that the world wasG actually constantly ending And the smell and roar of theF asphalt truck that was idling justG out the window, tearing up our streetC G I missed you, of courseF And I remember thinking the lastG time it rained here you were alive stillF And that this same long heat that IG was in contained youC And in this same heat I open theG window next to youF On your last morningG So you could breathe and then soF G you could ghost awayC And now so the room will hopefullyGF Em Stop whisperingF G The grind of time I'm not keeping up withAm The leaf on the ground pokes at myG slumbering griefF G Walking around, severed,C lumberingEm F G But slowly sovereignty reasserts itselfAm G I don't want it thoughAm G And betrayal whinesAm G Who and how could IAm/F Live?