Windblown Eyes

[Intro]
Cmaj7
 
[Verse 1]
           Cmaj7
Well, the anchor has been tested
 
I guess we’ll stay put for awhile
           F
I put the fire where it wanted
            Fm
Watched the water become dry
     Em
Once more, I was lost in thoughts that were not mine
        G                   G7
When I looked up, they were lost upon the tide
     Cmaj7
And now I’m just an island in these systems of silence
     F                            Fm
And as I drift around, I’m still bound to find the frowns
        Em                 Am             Em        G     G7
On the faces of my friends,    until the metronome ends.....
 
[Chorus]
F                 Em
  These windblown eyes
Dm                    C
  Finding it hard to see
F                      Em
  There’s no straight lines
Dm                  C
  Out on this open sea
F              Em
  No way back home
Dm               C
  Only places to be
F                  Em
  It’s a wondrous world
Dm                          C
  But it’s got the best of me
 
[Post-Chorus]
                 F    Em   Dm    C
Got the best of,   oh-oh, oh-oh..
                 F    Em    Dm  Cmaj7
Got the best of,   oh-oh, oh-oh......
 
[Break]
Cmaj7
 
[Verse 2]
    Cmaj7
As if it was a given, I let the rhythm ease my mind
              F                                     Fm
I pulled the cold out of the dark and I poured the darkness on the light
             Em
But I wanted more
 
Don’t we all dissolve into the night
         G
Only to wake up
          G7
In the morning untied?
    Cmaj7
And all the blessed pieces
 
Well, they have been dust now for some time
         F
And the rest, it carries on
     Fm
All imperfect and just fine
               Em
Another season gone
               Am
Do I belong to them, or they to me?
          Em
Do the reflections
              Am
Belong to the stars or to the sea?
          Em
How do I let go
          G                 G7
Of yesterday and yet to be?..
 
[Chorus]
F                 Em
  These windblown eyes
Dm                    C
  Finding it hard to see
F                      Em
  There’s no straight lines
Dm                  C
  Out on this open sea
F              Em
  No way back home
Dm               C
  Only places to be
F                  Em
  It’s a wondrous world
Dm                          C
  But it’s got the best of me
 
[Outro]
            Cmaj7
Well, the anchor has been lifted
 
I won’t be back here for a while
           F
I put his ashes where he wanted
      Fm
And I kept some by my side