Chord Saint Cecilia by Weakerthans

Em G D C out on the front porch with a kerosene lamp Em G D C see white - capped waves rolling five feet high , Em G D C but begging these memories for another advance Em G D C is like whispering love to the sky Em G D C i have this picture of you taking my hand Em G D C sink to my knees in the damp , dark sand Em G D C take off all your clothes and we reach out in vain Em G D C the light goes out as it starts to rain Am D G D C saint cecilia send me something simple and sublime Am D G D C close my eyes and douse my head with red respberry wine Em G D C . . . . wind rises swiftly and the trees start to sway to take back the delicate words that you said place me there in the sunrise of the strong new day cause the light here is failing these words are all dead just leave me my cherished ambiguity i need it to sleep with , i need it to see for all contradictions that i try to disguise will rise up from my lungs - come to be baptised by