Am, F, C (through the whole song)
Am F C
I watched the rise and the fall of the common man
Am F C
I lived to see all our steps walked back
Am F C
I watched the walls all crash down crumbling
Am F C
just to be rebuilt while we slept
Am F C
We threw swords in the oceans wide and deep
Am F C
We promise peace but peace won't last
Am F C
because we force new blades so nervously
Am F C
waiting for this harmony to pass
Am F C
I stand guard and roam
Am F C
like a sentinel
Am F C
and I see it all
Am F
I've been awake too long
C
wish there was something
Am F
that should close my eyes
C
to all that I see
Am F
awake too long
C
it would be easier
Am F C
to fall asleep
We fell in love but the love kept running out
we followed roads but the roads all end
we lived and lerned and learned to live without
fallingn from the ladders we ascend
I've seen the eyes of the widows left behind
I've seen the child of a fallen man
and never once did our leaders apologize
for battles they began