Sleeping at Last – Emphasis (Guitar)

G                C  
Death is promised to the bee

G                    C
Who's sting protects the colony.

Am                 D
Was its life worth nothing more

                   G
Than honey for the queen?

G               C
Life is a branch and it is a dove,

G             C
Handcrafted by confusing love.

Am               D   
Sign language is our reply,

                          G
When church bells make no sound.

G               C
In hollow towers and empty hives,

G                  C
We craved sweetness with a fear of heights.

Bm                C
Was it all just a grain of sand

D           Em    Am   D
In an hourglass?

    C                  G
The smartest thing I've ever learned 

Em                   D
Is that I don't have all the answers,

C             Em                D
Just a little light to call my own.

          C           Em 
Though it pales in comparison

G           D
To the overarching shadows, 

C                    G            D
A speck of light can reignite the sun

    D7               G
And swallow darkness whole.

G               C
Death is a cold, blindfolded kiss.

G                        C
It is the finger pressed upon our lips.

Am                  D
It puts an unwanted emphasis

                      G
On how we should have lived.

G                   C
Life is a gorgeous, broken gift.

G                   C
Six billion+ pieces waiting to be fixed.

Bm                     C
Love letters that were never signed,

D                Em    Am   D
Sent to where we live.

        C                  G
But the sweetest thing I've ever heard

Em                       D
Is that I don't have to have the answers,

C             Em                D            
Just a little light to call my own.

          C           Em
Though it pales in comparison

G           D
To the overarching shadows,

C                    G            D
A speck of light can reignite the sun

                     C     G  Em  D  C  Em  D
And swallow darkness whole.