The Long Defeat

[Intro]

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     D
The tyranny of deterioration
                                         F#m
Worries me that it's all just a waste of time
       A                 E
Taking one step forward, two steps back
      D
Still I believe there's a breath through the thorns
    D
And I believe there's somewhere that's warm
    F#m                 A              E
And I believe that it's ever bright beyond this black

        F#m           Bm
So keep holding on to hope without assurance
F#m             Bm        F#m
Holding on to a memory of light
             A/C#              Bm
But will the morning come? For all I know
            A/C#               Bm           F#m
We'll never see the sun, but together we'll fight the long defeat

 D
Suffering that I see all around
      D
It's enough to keep me crashing down
     F#m       A                   E
Till I, I lay wrecked and reeling from these falls
      D
Still I believe there's a word in the wire
    D
And I believe there's a way through the fire
    F#m                   A                 E
And I, believe, there's a joy that blooms beyond these walls

        F#m           Bm
So keep holding on to hope without assurance
F#m             Bm        F#m
Holding on to a memory of light
             A/C#              Bm
But will the morning come? For all I know
            A/C#               Bm           F#m
We'll never see the sun, but together we'll fight the long defeat

                                F#m  C#m  Bm
Together we'll fight the long defeat
                                F#m  C#m  Bm
Together we'll fight the long defeat
                                F#m  C#m  Bm
Together we'll fight the long defeat
                                F#m  C#m  Bm
Together we'll fight the long defeat
                                F#m  C#m  Bm
Together we'll fight the long defeat
                                F#m  C#m  Bm
Together we'll fight the long defeat