Sleeping at Last – Emphasis (Ukulele)

F#                B  
Death is promised to the bee

F#                    B
Who's sting protects the colony.

G#m                 B
Was its life worth nothing more

     C#             F#
Than honey for the queen?

F#               B
Life is a branch and it is a dove,

F#             B
Handcrafted by confusing love.

G#m               B   
Sign language is our reply,

     C#                    F#
When church bells make no sound.

F#               B
In hollow towers and empty hives,

F#                  B
We craved sweetness with a fear of heights.

G#m                B
Was it all just a grain of sand

C#           D#m    B   C#
In an hourglass?

    B                  F#
The smartest thing I've ever learned 

C#                    D#m
Is that I don't have all the answers,

B             F#                C#
Just a little light to call my own.

          B           F# 
Though it pales in comparison

C#          D#m
To the overarching shadows, 

B                    F#            C#
A speck of light can reignite the sun

    C#7               F#
And swallow darkness whole.

F#               B
Death is a cold, blindfolded kiss.

F#                        B
It is the finger pressed upon our lips.

G#m                  B
It puts an unwanted emphasis

   C#                  F#
On how we should have lived.

F#                   B
Life is a gorgeous, broken gift.

F#                   B
Six billion+ pieces waiting to be fixed.

G#m                     B
Love letters that were never signed,

C#                D#m    B   C#
Sent to where we live.

        B                  F#
But the sweetest thing I've ever heard

C#                       D#m
Is that I don't have to have the answers,

B             F#                C#            
Just a little light to call my own.

          B           F#
Though it pales in comparison

C#           D#m
To the overarching shadows,

B                    F#            C#
A speck of light can reignite the sun

                     B     
And swallow darkness whole.