Standard (EADGBE)

Well I recall his parting words

 Must I accept his fate?

 Or take myself far from this place

 I thought I heard a black bell toll

 A little bird did sing

 Man has no choice

 When he wants everything

Chorus

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 We'll rise above the scarlet tide

That trickles down through the mountain

 And separates the widow from the bride

(same as first verse)

Man goes beyond his own decision

Gets caught up in the mechanism

Of swindlers who act like kings

And brokers who break everything

The dark of night was swiftly fading

Close to the dawn of the day

Why would I want him

Just to lose him again

Chorus 2x