Am C Em 4x


[Verse 1]
Am                            Em
The road is alight with quiet lonely deaths and to this day
Am                                                     Em
The guns we stored away show we were soldiers once but left
              Am                    Em
The battles unfought, the lessons untaught
                                Am
But now we've brought you here, Celine
                      Em
Scarred with festival wounds
                     Am
And it seems like...


[Chorus]
                     C             Em       Am
It's not an easy thing to hold you close
                     C             Em       Am
It's not an easy thing to hold you dear
                     C             Em       Am
It's not an easy thing to lift you up, regardless
                     C             Em       Am
It's not an easy thing to hold you down


[Verse 2]
Am                                             Em
And it's all in the fight, it's quite like the old men said:
         Am                           Em
It's all going to hell like innocence
                                  Am
That dumb leper who lost his bell
                                      Em               Am
You're wandering the world meaning no harm, finding no calm
                                      Em
War like peace is tidy and cleat at a distance
                           Am
Yet still it seems like...


[Chorus]
                     C             Em      Am
It's not an easy thing to hold you close
                     C             Em      Am
It's not an easy thing to hold you dear
                     C             Em      Am
It's not an easy thing to lift you up, regardless
                     C               Em      Am
It's not an easy thing to hold you down


[Bridge]
Am                                    Em
Hand in hand, with measured steps and slow
                     Am
We take the solitary way
                           Em
Earthly strong and earthly wise
                                 Am
Now go name your fate, name your demise



[Skit]

Am                                   C
Ich fürchte mich so vor der Menschen Wort
                 Em               Am        
Ich bin zu Hause zwischen Tag und Traum
                               C
Sie sprechen alles so deutlich aus
                    Em
Zwischen Tag und Traum
Am                                   C
Und hier ist Beginn und das Ende ist dort
    Em
Und wachen”
Am
Mich bangt auch ihr Sinn
C                Em 
Zwischen Tag und Traum
                 Am
Zwischen Tag und Traum


[Chorus]
Am                   C             Em     Am
It's not an easy thing to hold you close
                     C             Em     Am
It's not an easy thing to hold you dear
                     C             Em     Am
It's not an easy thing to lift you up, regardless
                     C             Em     Am
It's not an easy thing to hold you down