Bright Eyes - Arc of time

^BYou can make a plan ^F#Carve it into stone ^ELike a feather falling ^BIt is still unknown ^BUntil the clock speaks up ^F#Says it's time to go ^EYou could choose the high ^BOr the lower road ^BYou might clinch your fist ^F#You might fork your tongue ^EAs you curse or praise ^BAll the things you've done ^BAnd the faders move ^F#And the music dies ^EAs we pass over ^BOn the arc of time

^ESo you nurse your love ^F#Like a wounded dove ^BIn the covered cage of night ^{E E}Every star is crossed ^F#By phrenetic thoughts ^BThat seperate and then collide ^{E E}And they twist like sheets ^F#Till you fall asleep ^BAnd they finally unwind ^{E E}It's a black balloon ^F#It's a dream you'll soon deny ^B

^BI hear if you make friends ^C#mWith Jesus Christ ^EYou will get right up ^BFrom that chalk outline ^BAnd then you'll get dolled up ^F#And you'll dress in white ^EAll to take your place ^BIn his chorus line

^EAnd then in you'll come ^F#With those marching drums ^BIn a saintly compromise ^{E E}No more whiskey slurs ^F#No more blonde haired girls ^BFor your whole eternal life ^{E E}And you'll do the dance ^F#That was choreographed ^BAt the very dawn of time ^{E E}Saying, I told you son ^F#The day would come ^BYou would die, you'd die, you'd die, you'd die ^BYou would die, you'd die, you'd die, you'd die ^BYou would die, you'd die, you'd die, you'd die ^BYou would die, you'd die, you'd die

^ETo the deepest part ^F#Of the human heart ^BThe fear of death expands ^{E E}Till we crack the code ^F#We have always known ^BBut could never understand ^{E E}On a circuit board ^F#We will soon be born ^BAgain, again, again, again ^BAnd again, again, again, again ^BAnd again, again, again, again ^BAnd again, again, again