Song For My Father

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[Verse 1]

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  When the warm wind blows
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Through the corridors and tiled walls
A              C#m
  There you are
          D               C#m
The mad guardian of your empty room
A                     C#m
  Your memories were tortured
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By the scent of ocean through the halls -
A               C#m
  And where was I
     D                  C#m
The one that you loved best?

[Interlude 1]

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[Verse 2]

A
  Now show me how
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To hold the knife that cuts the page
A
  To crucify the weakness
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And the guilt I use for faking strength
A
  Now I remember
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I crawled naked across the broken stage
A
  And there was I

The child that brought us shame


[Interlude 2]

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[Verse 3]

A
  So walk across
     D         A
The blood red ocean
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Stand above
             D                 A
The broken glass and concrete towers

And here I sleep
      D             A
Some guardian of my empty room

Now I've become the child
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That neither of us knew

[Interlude 3]

A D A E

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Jetzt kannst du schlafen
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Jetzt kannst du immer ruhig träumen.)

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Thank god you never knew
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The things that I've done
A
  Thank god you never saw
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The person I've become