[Tempo: 139 BPM] [Time Signature: 22/8] [Arrangement: Close-mic fingerpicked acoustic guitar, dry upright bass, soft wood-block and hi-hat percussion in 22/8 meter, intimate breathless vocals, clean guitar arpeggios] [Intro] [Key: E Octatonic] [Arrangement: Dry fingerpicked acoustic guitar with subtle wood-block percussion and clean bass notes] [Esus2(#11)] [F#add9] [Cmaj7(#11)] [B13] [Esus2(#11)] [F#add9] [Cmaj7(#11)] [B13] [Verse 1] [Key: E Minor] [Arrangement: Sparse acoustic guitar, dry upright bass counterpoint, close-mic vulnerable vocals] [Em(maj7)] The sanctuary [C#m7b5] falls in quiet dust [Cmaj7#11] A golden garden [Bsus4] surrendered to the rust [Em(maj7)] We watched the pillars [F#7sus4] crumble to the stone [Am9] And standing in the [B7b9] ruins of our home [Pre-Chorus] [Key: C Octatonic] [Arrangement: Staccato clean guitar chugs, dry hi-hat pulse, rising vocal intensity without reverb] [Cdim7] Every breath [Ebdim7] a monument that dies [F#dim7] Underneath these [Adim7] glass and shattered skies [Cmaj7#11] You take away [B7sus4] the only thing I ever loved [Chorus] [Key: G Lydian] [Arrangement: Warm strummed acoustic guitars, prominent upright bass drive, clear double-tracked vocals] [Gmaj9] Wash the ashes [Em(maj7)] from your weary hands [Ebmaj7#11] Watch the circle [F7sus4] collapse across the land [Bbm9] When paradise [Abmaj7] turns to cold decay [Gbmaj7] We'll gather up [F#7sus4] the stones... we'll find a way [Gmaj9] [Ebmaj7#11] [Em(maj7)] [B7sus4] [Verse 2] [Key: E Minor] [Arrangement: Intricate clean electric arpeggios over dry acoustic strumming, intimate vocal phrasing] [Em(maj7)] Cyclical destruction [C#m7b5] carves the earth [Cmaj7#11] A painful trial [Bsus4] preceding our rebirth [Em(maj7)] You tore the garden [F#7sus4] down into the dirt [Am9] But cannot break [B7b9] the spirit through the hurt [Chorus] [Key: G Lydian] [Arrangement: Warm strummed acoustic guitars, clear double-tracked vocals, steady dry drum pulse] [Gmaj9] Wash the ashes [Em(maj7)] from your weary hands [Ebmaj7#11] Watch the circle [F7sus4] collapse across the land [Bbm9] When paradise [Abmaj7] turns to cold decay [Gbmaj7] We'll gather up [F#7sus4] the stones... we'll find a way [Bridge] [Key: C# Synthetic] [Arrangement: Crisp accent stabs on clean electric guitar, dry bass drive, impassioned close-mic vocal] [C#m(maj7)] Burn the altar down, [D9#11] clear the sacred floor [E9#11] We are not the ruins [G9#11] of what came before [A#dim7] You take away [B7sus4] the only thing I ever loved [Cmaj7#11] But out of silence [D#dim7] we reclaim the sun [Guitar Solo] [Key: F# Quartal] [Arrangement: Melodic clean electric guitar solo, un-reverberated acoustic backing, tight 22/8 bassline] [F#7sus4] [Badd11] [Eadd9] [Aadd9] [F#7sus4] [Badd11] [Eadd9] [Aadd9] [Outro] [Key: E Minor] [Arrangement: Softly fingerpicked solo acoustic guitar, whisper-quiet breathy vocal ending on a single dry note] [Em(maj7)] You take away [C#m7b5] the only thing I ever loved [Cmaj7#11] But from the ashes [Bsus4] of our fallen state [Am9] We'll build again... [B7b9] we'll find a way [Em(maj7)] [Cmaj7#11] [Em] [End]
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