Mother Of Mysteries

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[Verse]
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Oh, I wish I believed, if only for you
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In a sweet ever after beyond the blue
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In an eternal father, who after the fall
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He cast us all out of the garden

[Pre-Chorus]
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But I've found an Eden I can believe in
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Leavened with nothing but time

[Chorus]
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There is grandeur in this view of life
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Where one becomes many through struggle and strife
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But the mother of mysteries is another man's call
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Why is there something instead of nothing at all
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Why is there something instead of nothing at all

[Verse]
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If the devil's own chaplain is leading the prayer
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From a book that's been written with sorrow and care
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Then his hand is indifferent, but it isn't unkind
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No evil design in his sermon

[Pre-Chorus]
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For I hear a chorus of those gone before us
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Scored upon pages of stone

[Chorus]
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There is grandeur in this view of life
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Where one becomes many through struggle and strife
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But the mother of mysteries is another man's call
                                  G          Am
Why is there something instead of nothing at all
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Why is there something instead of nothing at all___

[Verse]
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Oh, what an utter desert is a life without love
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Would that your blessing alone was enough
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To abandon my doubt in the veil of your tears
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Oh, my dear, how the fabric has fallen

[Pre-Chorus]
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For I've found an Eden I can believe in
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Free from the master's design

[Chorus]
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There is grandeur in this view of life
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Where one becomes many through struggle and strife
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But the mother of mysteries is another man's call
                                  G          Am
Why is there something instead of nothing at all
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Oh, why is there something instead of nothing at all

[Outro]
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