Intro
Em
How can you be sleeping, waves like weapons crash
Em
O'er us, cry for mercy and hold fast hope
Em 8 measures
Verse
Em D C
Who of us is cursed, or do we have to ask
Am G Em
Search your souls and hold fast
Em D C
If no one speaks a word, then let the lots be cast
Am Bm
Truth be told and hold fast
Pre-Chorus
E6 Fmaj7
White death wakes in black skies, mark your maker's wrath
Cmaj7
Fear and flames of azure climb the crooked mast
E6 Fmaj7
You will yet be baptized, steeped in shattered glass
Cmaj7
Sink and sing your answer and hold fast hope
Em D C Am G
As strong arms grip your shoulders like dead hands of the past
Em D C Am Bm
Pray as you're tossed over, this breath could be your last
Bridge
E6 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Quiet and cold,
E6 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
siiiilent and slow
E6 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Niiight black as coal,
E6 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
miiiles here below
2nd Bridge
Em
Find your faith and dive deep, through living gateways pass
Em
Lined with death and ivory, and hold fast, hold fast
Pre-Chorus
Em D
Deep beneath the black dawn, leagues from lightning's flash
C Am G
Ribs will raise cathedrals for the morning mass
Em D
Steel yourself in sackcloth, roll your heart in ash
C Am Bm E6
Scrape your skin with steel wool and hold fast hope
E6 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 E6
Ribs will raise cathedrals for the morning mass
E6 Fmaj7 Cmaj7
Scrape your skin with steel wool
Cmaj7 Cmaj7
Cross your heart and hold fast hope
Cmaj7 Cmaj7
Hold fast hope. Hold fast hope.