The Line

Capo: 1st fret Intro Am G D Am G D [Verse 1] Am G D When I sing these words into an empty room Am G D I'm not sure if they will even make a sound Em If I burn my paper courage G If I sow it in the ground Am D Will the ashes yield a seed to work around? Am G D There's a hollow that once held a sense of youth Am G D A little patch of light I learned to cut into Em To cash it in for something wiser G I just want a little truth Am D From every fire and flood that feeds a deeper wound Chorus Bm It used to be like a creek Em G C D Flowing from a summit I could never see Bm Em G Now it's frozen dry, carving lines around my eyes C G Tracing knots along my spine Am C It's so hard to find the time to let it breathe Am C Em To find the line between the truth and the belief Em G D Am G D [Verse 2] Am G D War is young in terms of time, but it's got teeth Am G D Tearing families and futures at the seams Em Be it oil or gold or water G We have always treasured greed Am D We won't bite the dying hand of history Am G D To my friends who think you'll save yourselves some time Am G D Because your confidence has withered up and died Em You are more than what you carry G You are more than what you hide Am D You will never know how much you leave behind Chorus Bm It used to be like a creek Em G C D Flowing from a summit I could never see Bm Em G Now it's frozen dry, carving lines around my eyes C G Tracing knots along my spine Am C It's so hard to find the time to let it breathe Am C Em To find the line between the truth and the belief Bridge D C G Every day dies in convulsion, I gotta smile away my pride D C G But my nerves are buzzing rhythms, like defective power lines D C G Burning holes into my memory, streaming smoke into the sky Am C One day we'll talk about what stars used to be like Am C D Chorus Bm It used to be like a creek Em G C D Flowing from a summit I could never see Bm Em G Now it's frozen dry, carving lines around my eyes C G Tracing knots along my spine Am C It's so hard to find the time to let it breathe Am C Em To find the line between the truth and the belief Em G D Am C Em To find the line between the truth and the belief Outro Em G D Am G D Am G D