Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Just strum or pick a C maj (arpeggio sounds nice here)

 In the sharp gust of love

My memory stirred

 When time wreathed a rose

A garland of shame

 Its thorn my only delight

War torn, afraid to speak

 We dare to breathe

Majestic, Imperial,

A bridge of sighs

 Solitude sails

In a wave of forgiveness

 On angels' wings

Reach out your hands

Don't turn your back

 Don't walk away

 How in the world

 Can I wish for this?

 Never to be torn apart

Close to you

'Til the last beat

Of my heart

 At the close of day

The sunset cloaks

 These words in shadowplay

Here and now, long and loud

 My heart cries out

 And the naked bone of an echo says

 Don't walk away

Reach out your hands

 I'm just a step away

 How in the world

 Can I wish for this?

 Never to be torn apart

Close to you

'Til the last beat

 Of my heart

 How in the world

 Can I wish for this?

 Never to be torn apart

'Til the last beat

'Til the last fleeting beat

 Of my heart