Dm C Bb C Dm

[Verse 1]
Dm
The air was thick like honey
C
Looking from a room
Bb                C
The room had open windows
   Dm
To let the springtime through

Dm
Evening stood by watchin'
       C
At the side of summer's promise
    Bb             C
The flowers in her garden
         Dm
Were the envy of her friends

[Chorus]
Dm
How far are we from dying
      C
Is it nearly at an end?
    Bb              C
How far are we from dying
      Dm
Is it nearly at an end?

[Verse 2]
Dm
The smoke hung on the skyline
    C
The city fell in silence
Bb                   C
The sunset, ripe and mellow
        Dm
Was the light to write some thoughts by

Dm
Her children watched for father
       C
From a window in the wall
Bb                C
Said a prayer for grandpapa
    Dm
And maybe many more

[Verse 3]
Dm
Somewhere in the distance
       C
On the road so far away
  Bb                 C
I heard the sound of life
            Dm
Through the people left for home

[Solo]

[Verse 4]
Dm
Three birds flew off a building
         C
Standing proud against the sky
Bb             C
Many more flew with them
          Dm
Spiralled up like laughter

Dm
Faster, harder
     C
They rose up in a column
Bb            C
Hundreds upon hundreds
    Dm
And twice that many wingspeed

[Verse 5]
Dm
Four miles across
            C
Stretched a million miles high
    Bb             C
The living pulsing column
       Dm
In the lady of the sky

Dm
Feathers thrashed together
C
Locked in that huge swarm
Bb                  C
I knew no-one could see it
    Dm
And now that it was gone

[Pre-chorus]
Dm
I rubbed my eyes and tried to find
  C
A reason for the flight
Bb          C
Exodus, escape
          Dm
Or was it just for me to see?

Dm
Like the mating of the earth and air
     C
Like water is to flowers
Bb              C
The envy of her friends
                    Dm
How far are we from dying, is it nearly at an end?

[Chorus 2]
Dm
How far are we from dying
      C
Is it nearly at an end?
    Bb              C
How far are we from dying
      Dm
Is it nearly at an end?
Dm
How far are we from dying
      C
Is it nearly at an end?
    Bb              C
How far are we from dying
      Dm
Is it nearly at an end?
Dm
How far are we from dying
      C
Is it nearly at an end?
    Bb              C
How far are we from dying
      Dm
Is it nearly at an end?