Standard (EADGBE)

 Key:

Time: 4/4

(piano intro)

| *3

 The world is just a playing field for man

 And the blanket sky will cover every last event

 From the battles of the ages to the baby sleeping tight

 I could sing a rhyme and try to

 Find the reasons for each place and time

 To wrap the world around my mind, but I...I know at best...

Words were never meant for

 Explaining the mystery of our day

 We're so afraid of what's at stake when we die

 Still I never wanted to live in such fear of the unknown

 Or the reasons for pain in this life, this life

| *2

I still wonder what we're doing here

 As I stare into the midnight sky, confronted by my fears

 Is there something worth redeeming

 In this old and tired world?

 Or has all been lost,

 Because every change will have its cost

 And I can see, there's still an ember

 Left of something good.

 I know at best...

Words were never meant for

Explaining the mystery of our day

 We're so afraid of what's at stake when we die

 Still I never wanted to live in such fear of the unknown

 Or the reasons for pain in this life, this life

| *4

 I could sing a rhyme and try to

 Find the reasons for each place and time

 To wrap the world around my mind,

 But I'd regret the time poorly spent

 Because I know, I know at best...

Words were never meant for

Explaining the mystery of our day

 We're so afraid of what's at stake when we die

 Still I never wanted to live in such fear of the unknown

 Or the reasons for pain in this life, this life

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