Intro: Gm Eb Gm Eb
Verse
Gm
The words that I once loved
Gm
Now drip with unease
Gm
As I step back and at once
Gm
See the forest for the trees
Eb
It won’t matter our intentions
Gm
Our hopes or our plans
Cm Eb
What matters is the end result
F
This book in my hands
Cm
No one will know how well we meant
Gm7 Gm
How much we sacrificed
Em7 C7 C
Cause this story’s how we broke the world
Gm B
And couldn’t pay the price
Eb
So I’ll redact and I’ll revise
B
Recut the truth and redefine the lies
Eb
Step back and see our story
Gm
Through the future’s eyes
Gb Ab
An agonizing revision
F7 Bbm
Made with exact precision
Gb Ab Db Gb
Only alone can I see this vision through
Db Gb
Spare the world
Ab Gm
And then make it back to you
Verse
Gm
I’ve the power to change things
Gm
And I know I have to try
Gm
And I called it. I knew it.
Gm
Now I’ve got to pin down why
Eb
Put aside your pride, Lucretia
Gm
Time you stopped pretending
Eb
A story isn’t good
Gm
If we all hate the ending
Cm
I’ve learned that faith is lovely
B
But never goes as planned
C
If you want something done
Eb F
Take it into your own hand
Eb
So I’ll redact and I’ll revise
B
Recut the truth and redefine the lies
Eb
Step back and see our story
Gm
Through the future’s eyes
Gb Ab
An agonizing revision
F7 Bbm
Made with exact precision
Gb Ab Db Gb
Only alone can I see this vision through
Db Gb
Spare the world
Ab Bbm
And then make it back to you
Bridge
Gb Ab
They’ll be safe, they’ll be happy
Fm Bbm
When the past is redacted
Gb
Same people and same world
F7 Bm Ab
Just with some bits subtracted
Gb
Give them beaches and sun
Ab Db Bbm Ab
And a taste of their favorite things
Gb Ab
Give them the world
Db Bbm Ab
And a chance to sample the flavor it brings
Ebm
Give them crafts and keeps and love
Db
And a chance to reset
Gb
All the pain of the past
Db Gb
The stories and songs
F7
And the choices we’d rather forget
Gb
So I’ll redact and I’ll revise
Db
Recut the truth and redefine the lies
Gb
Step back and see our story
Bbm
Through the future’s eyes
Gb Ab
An agonizing revision
F Bbm
Made with exact precision
Ab Gb Ab Db Gb
Only alone can I see this vision through
Db Gb
Spare the world
Db Gb
Spare the world
Ab Gm
And then make it back to you