* - single strum
Verse 1
[A] [D]
Well the kerosene seems to have chased all the shadows away
[E] [A]
While we carelessly sleep, the light flickers and falls to the floor
[A]
These mountains are tall, teasing the sky
[D]
And the valleys are home to both crevice and cave
[E] [E]
In a place where hope will be born and then dies the same
Chorus
[D]
Brother, make sure you sing your sister to sleep
[E] [A]
These currents are strong and they'll bring you both back to me
Verse 2
[D]
The forest's on fire, rising to blaze and smoke's like a blanket
[D]
It's been covering our eyes
[E] [A]
And as we say goodbye, the wind whispers: "one day I'll change"
[A]
In the eye of the storm, a knife in the sky
[D]
There's a man in silhouette shaking hands with the night
[E] [A]
So the sun slowly set in, soon to rise again
Verse 3
[A]
There's a shortage of hands born by the shore
[D]
With our hopes on the sail
[E]
Built of stone, you have nowhere to stay
[A]
And you're at the mercy of the tides
[A]
There's a song in the air, in the ear of a child
[D]
The tongue of the wind is leading the choir
[E]
And it sounds like the land is alive
[A]
In the lungs of the fire
[A]
Well, secrets been kept in silence of death
[D]
There's war on the steps, where the free fall to sleep
[E]
At the foot of the bed
[A]
There's a banquet prepared for a dream
Chorus
[D]
Now brother, make sure you sing your sister to sleep
[E] [A]
These currents are strong and they'll bring you both back to me
[D]
Now brother, make sure you sing your sister to sleep
[E]* [A]
These currents are strong and they'll bring you both back to me
Bridge
[A]
As I stand in the ashes of all that we know
[D]
All the homes we've kept, all the seeds we've sown
[E] [A]
How the wind bellowed from the heavens like a blistering hell
[A]
There's a song in our hearts, a story in our hands
[D]
A stone in my throat, it's been sinking so fast
[E] [A]
And there's justice for those locked away in the loneliest eyes
[A]
Well, the spell has been cast, the clouds have collapsed
[D]
And the sun's been persuaded the storm has to come back
[E] [A]
While the rivers are filling and flowing like never before
Chorus
[D]
Brother, make sure you sing your sister to sleep
[E] [A]
These currents are strong and they'll bring you both back to me
[D]
Brother, make sure you sing your sister to sleep
[E] [A]
These currents are strong and they'll bring you both back to me
Outro
[D]
Well, the kerosene seems to have chased all the shadows away
[E]* [A]*
While we carelessly sleep, the light flickers and falls to the floor
