C   Em         D       G
You fixed your eyes on us
    Am         Em
Your flesh and blood
 Am            Em         D        C
A sculpture of water and unsettled dust
             Em     D      G
And there was bad blood in us

  Em
We learned our lesson
 Am              Em      D         G
Genesis to the last generation
   Em        D          G
So we wrestle with it all
    Am         Em
The concept of grace
        Am         Em
And the faithful concrete
      D          C
As it breaks our fall
    Em           D        G
Our questions are all the same
 Am       Em
Identical words
 Am                 Em
How they feel brand new
        D              C
Against different time frames
 Am       Em
Identical words
        D              C
Against different time frames


   Em      C      G
We know it all by heart
    Am       Em
The whole is greater
        D           C
Than the sum of its parts
  Em     C      G
We heard it all before
   Am           Em
In beauty there echoes
  D            C
A speck of our source
   Am           Em
In beauty there echoes
  D            C
A speck of our source


    Em        D       G
Like firewood burning bright
       Am      Em
In the dead of winter
   Am       Em         D             C
By only the flicker we cling to this life
   Em        D    G
So we huddle over maps
   Am          Em
Is it faith or prediction
Am      Em        D        C
Will or tradition until we collapse
    Am        Em          D          C
And argue our bearings until we collapse


   Am        D     G
We study our story arcs

 Am        Em
Inherently good
Am         Em     D              C
Or were we broken right from the start?
    Em       D      G
Our hesitant fingerprints
Am          Em
Trace every mountain
Am         Em
Lace every valley
D           C
Until we’re convinced


   Em      C      G
We know it all by heart
      Am       Em
Every blade of grass
D         C
Bears our mark
     Em        C     G
In the name of being brave
            Am           Em
Though it’s just another word
    D     C
For being afraid


   Em      C      G
We know it all by heart
     Am              Em
The whole is so much greater
         D            C
Than the sum of these parts
   Em        C     G
We heard the truth before
   Am           Em
In beauty there echoes
  D            C
A speck of our source
   Am           Em
In beauty there echoes
  D            C
A speck of our source
   Am           Em
In beauty there echoes
  D     Am     Em       C
A speck of our source