Mount Eerie - Forest fire

^FThe year moves on^G without you in it ^AmNow it is fall wi^Gthout you ^FI had to close the windows and doors^G without you coming through I^Am kept them open for as long as I ^Gcould Bu^Ct the baby got co^Gld I watched t^Fhe calendar ^Gbulldoze

This ^Cwhole past summer was a lingering ^Gheat wave And I remember ^Flate August, our open bedroom^G window Going through your things with the ^Ffan blowing And the sound of helicopters^G and the smell of smoke From the^C forest fire that was growing, billowing j^Gust on the edge of town where we ^Fused to swim They say^G a natural, cleansing devastation burning th^Ame understory, erasing trails Th^Gere is no end But when I'm ^Ckneeling in the heat Throwing out your^G underwear The devastation is not ^Fnatural or good ^GYou do belong here ^FI reject nature, I ^Gdisagree

In the hazy light of ^Cforest fire smoke I looked across at the ^Grefineries And thought that the ^Fworld was actually constantly ^Gending And the smell and roar of the ^Fasphalt truck that was idling just out the ^Gwindow, tearing up our street ^CI missed you, of ^Gcourse And I remember thinking the ^Flast time it rained here you were ^Galive still And that this ^Fsame long heat that I was in ^Gcontained you And in this ^Csame heat I open the window ^Gnext to you On your last ^Fmorning So you could ^Gbreathe and then so you could ^Fghost away ^G And now so the room will ^Chopefully ^G Stop ^Fwhispering ^Em

The ^Fgrind of time I'm not ^Gkeeping up with The ^Amleaf on the ground pokes at my ^Gslumbering grief ^FWalking around, severed, ^Glumbering ^C But ^Emslowly ^Fsovereignty ^Greasserts itself I don't ^Amwant it thoug^Gh And betr^Amayal whines ^G Who and ^Amhow could I^{G Am/F}Live?