Nightlights Ii

The chords are played like this during the verse and then go back to normal during the chorus
   A          B
E|---| E|---| 
B|---| B|---| 

G|-2-|     G|-4-|
D|-2-|     D|-4-|
A|-4-|     A|-6-|
E|-5-|     E|-7-|


E                    A      E
  The shy and lonely hunter
                      A    E
who stalks across my chest
                       A
says “I’m only seeking glory,” yeah,
    B           A
but glory never gives you any
E                           A
rest: me to your body in an arm chair,
E                          A
wrest: me to the corner of your bed,
E                                  A
rest: we in the place we share our tenderness,
     B                  A             E
it’s there I’ll rest my head another night,
                         A
lights at the end of the hallway
E                                 A
will lead you to the back of the bar
      E              A
where cloudy headed, late for bed,
    B                  A
you wonder where those fleeting families
E                                 A
are: you, living somewhere on the west coast
E                            A
are: you, just a figment of my mind
E                             A
aren’t you the one who always told me
           B           A
“boy, it’s easier with time” to be the


E                  A
saddest sound in a lullaby
F#m                   B
speck of sand in your daddy’s eye
G#                   C#m
broke my heart to so much as try
   B
to live the life that lay before me
E                       A
so you step tender when you don’t run
F#m                 B
so you surrender to everyone
G#                   C#m
so you remember the place you’ve come to
    B
But don’t forget the world adores you,


E                   A     E
  said “I am but my body:
                  A      E
heart and shaking skin.”
                  A
How ever will you find a safe place where
B                     A                     E
(you never let anyone into the space where) you
                    A
keep all your timid questions, like
       E                             A
“can I kiss you one more time before I go?”
E                                  A
though I know the world is full of hopeless suggestions
     B                        A
it’s us who get caught in the undertow, don’t you know


E                 A
we were born on a moving train,
F#m                 B
we took form in the pouring rain,
G#                    C#m
we try hard, but come short of explaining
     B
that lives are for living and hearts are for changing yeah.
E                      A
Forget, an instant, to stay the same!
F#m                  B
Not us nor mountains go as they came!
G#                       C#m
All these things we’ll refuse to be framed in
     B                                           E
From what we’ve been given to what’s rearranging yeah.