Bright Lanterns

[Intro] C  Am  F  G
                   C
We have clear blue waking skies
                Am
And the morning after
                 F
And memories of gold on the run
         G
Flying around
                    C
Was there a drunken cloud
                  Am
Over someone just empty
              F
A vision of a mountain you say
                G
So where did it go?

        G/B          Am     G       F           G
It was light and I held it like a child to be saved
       G/B                   Am           G  F
From the fires and from the falling down satellites
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          G
But still wondering

  C                F               C         Am
"Damn, you always treat me like a stranger, mountain
       Em               Am     G           F              G
Though you’ve seen the shadow between the city and what is mine
           C                F               C        Am
And fallen kids, all rising mad among their lost believers
Em        Am    G       F                      G
Suddenly darker in their eyes and their broken smiles
                                      (C Am F G)
It’s only what these kids will haul around"

                          C                          Am
Oh, there’s a lot of selling land for hungry feet of answers
                 F                                  G
And medicine for balance and things like seeing your ghosts
                  C                        Am
So thank god we’re bright, said the lantern’s brother
                       F                              G
'Cause I don’t know a thing about boats, or the land I see

       G/B          Am      G      F             G
It was day and I stood there once again, climbing equipped
       G/B                Am          G       F
When I knew you were the one throwing dying stars
       G
On our gathering

But he said

C                  F             C           Am
"Damn, you always treat me like a mountain, stranger
Em               Am  G        F                 G
Though I have never seen your shadows or fading lights
            C                  F                   C       Am
I’m just a rock that you’ll be picking up through all your ages
 Em          Am       G      F              G
Always believing there’s a canyon for every blind
                                      C Am F G
It’s only what these kids will haul around"