A Beginning

Cm

[Verse 1]
Cm                                                  F#7
The silence dominates, divining resolutions from my hands
F                  Cm
Lines drawn in the sand
Cm                                                               F#7
But my volition's wry, my temperance twisted, faced with failing light
F              Cm
Nothing in my sight

[Chorus 1]
     C#     G#     C#            C#      G#     C#
If I fall into the ocean, send my soul into the sea
              Cm               C#         C7             Fm
Will these reflections trouble me? Will I dream my final dream?

[Orchestral interlude]
Cm Cm/G Cm/Eb Cm C# (X2)

[Verse 2]
Cm                                                           F#7
  I sensed this silhouette who's standing vigil growing very sore
F               Cm
Just one moment more
Cm                                                        F#7
Before I close the curtain, fate uncertain; spirit to the dark
F           Cm
Endlessly apart

[Chorus 2]
      C#     G#     C#           C#       G#      C#
Can I fall into the ocean, send my soul into the sea?
           Cm              C#             Cm             C#
No distant echoes haunting me, no further phantoms will I see
             C7          Fm
This silence held eternally

Cm

[Bridge]
    G#                     Bb            Eb              G#
But what if the silence is broken by the ones you've loved
                           Bb                 Eb       G#
Incredibly present, with a heavenly breath to wake you up
                        Bb                   Eb        G#
With nothing left to poison, a portrait of who I've become
                      Bb                      Fm          Eb    Bbm7  Fm7
Only elation remains, protecting us from this neverending night

[The Moon reprise]
Eb Bbm7 Fm7 (x2)

Eb
Dear apparition, while my senses last
Bbm7
Is absolution far too much to ask?
Fm7
  Will you forgive a truly troubled past?
    G#                               Cm
The silver lining still remains, the sights I've left to see
   B7
So trust that with this end, a new beginning's waiting patiently