Bm             E
A long time ago
         A                   D
When the world was still cooling
Bm            E
An angel of God
        A                D
Ran away from her high home
Bm                 E
Collapse and rebuild
A                       D
How the world recreates you
Bm                  E
In fits and in starts
A                     D
Through loss life is born
Bm               E
Down in the streets
A                        D
That she moves in and out of
Bm              E
Comfortably close
A                                 D
How the wind blows right through her


[Pre-Chorus]
Bm                   E
When night, settles in
A                          D
She would look out her window
Bm                 E
A sky, full of signs
A                       D
She would trace by her hand


[Chorus]
Bm           E
You may think you owe a debt
A         D
But no one is holding it
Bm               E
Called you bastard call you child
A          D
I'm sorry, I am sorry
Bm               E
Born at the break of the world's first dawn
A            D
Darkest songs passed through your tongue
Bm          E
You will see a glorious day
A          D
I'm sorry, I am sorry


[Instrumental]
Bm   E   A   D   x2


[Verse 2]
Bm            E
A long time ago
A                       D
While the ocean was forming
Bm                  E
She skulked the Earth
A                  D
Lonely in displacement
Bm            E
Memories of home
A                   D
Tangled up and recurring
Bm                  E
When left to them self
A                       D
Reckless hearts lash about
Bm               E
Wingless and broke
A                                D
She placed a scar across the dessert
Bm            E
Bitter and cold
A                          D
She put a flame to her history


[Pre-Chorus]
Bm                  E
When night settled in
A                         D
She would look out her window
Bm                 E
A sky, full of signs
A                         D
She would trace by her hand


(listen)


[Chorus]
Bm           E
You may think you owe a debt
A         D
But no one is holding it
Bm            E
Called you bastard call you child
A          D
I'm sorry, I am sorry
Bm                E
Born at the break of the world's first dawn
A            D
Darkest songs passed through your tongue
Bm          E
You will see a glorious day
A          D
I'm sorry, I am sorry


[Bridge]
Bm                  E
Memory moves in concentric circles
A                 D
Growing as her time moves forward
Bm                E
Through the ages, her past grows larger
A                D
Taking her over always in circles

Bm              E
Dance of time, violence of life
A                  D
It splashes in her deep lake mind
Bm              E
Absorbing pain and expanding it further
A                 D
Always in circles,concentric circles