Arc of Time

[Verse] G D You can make a plan, carve it into stone C G Like a feather falling, it is still unknown G D Until the clock speaks up, says it's time to go C G You could choose the high or the lower road G D You might clench your fist, you might fork your tongue C G As you curse or praise all the things you've done G D And the faders move and the music dies C G As we pass over on the arc of time

[Chorus] C D So you nurse your love like a wounded dove G C In the covered cage of night C D Every star is crossed by frenetic thoughts G C That separate and then collide Em D And they twist like sheets till you fall asleep G C And they finally unwind C It's a black balloon D G It's a dream you'll soon deny

[Verse] G D I hear if you make friends with Jesus Christ C G You will get right up from that chalk outline G D And then you'll get dolled up and you'll dress in white C G All to take your place in his chorus line

[Chorus] C D And then in you'll come with those marching drums G C In a saintly compromise C D No more whiskey slurs, no more blonde haired girls G C For your whole eternal life Em D And you'll do the dance that was choreographed G C At the very dawn of time C D Singing I told you son the day would come G You would die, you'd die, you'd die, you'd die G You would die, you'd die, you'd die, you'd die G You would die, you'd die, you'd die, you'd die G You would die, you'd die, you'd die

[Chorus] Em D To the deepest part of the human heart G C The fear of death expands Em D Until we crack the code we have always known G C But could never understand C D On a circuit board we will soon be born G Again and again and again and again G And again and again and again and again G And again and again and again and again G And again and again and again