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[Intro]
C C C C
[Verse 1]
C
My arms are tired and weary
C G F
These wounds are on full display
C F C
I've tried every door in the hallway
Am G F C
There's just nowhere that I feel safe
[Chorus]
C
I see the light but never find the surface
C G F
I don’t know if I can swim no more
C
White knuckles and wild horses
Am G F C
One day we'll wash up on mercy’s shore
Am G F C
One day we'll wash up on mercy’s shore
[Post-Chorus]
C
Ooh ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
F Am
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
C F C
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
[Verse 1]
C
I'm lost in the waves that crush me
C G F
They bring discovery where darkness hides
C
Just over the ridge in front of you
Am G F C
Another mountain that you'll have to climb
[Chorus]
C
I see the light but never find the surface
C G F
I don’t know if I can swim no more
C F
White knuckles and wild horses
Am G F C
One day we'll wash up on mercy’s shore
Am G F C
One day we'll wash up on mercy’s shore
[Post-Chorus]
C F C
Oh oh-oh-oh-oh
F Am
Oh-oh-oh-oh
G F C
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
[Interlude]
Fm C Fm C
F Fm C D
C
[Bridge]
Am G/B
We're a child in the car asleep
C F
In the driveway at night
Am G/B
Our mother's gonna slowly sneak
C F
Our body inside
Am G/B
We can rest in the arms of trust
C F
There's no way that we can say
Am G/B
We've earned our way into light
C F Fsus4 F
All we have to do to is stay
[Chorus]
C
I see the light but never find the surface
C G F
I don’t know if I can swim no more
C
White knuckles and wild horses
Am G F C
One day we'll wash up on mercy’s shore
Am G F C
One day we'll wash up on mercy’s shore
[Post-Chorus]
C F C
Oh oh-oh-oh-oh
Am
Oh-oh-oh-oh
G F C
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
C F C
Oh oh-oh-oh-oh
F Am
Oh-oh-oh-oh
G F C
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
[Outro]
Fm C
I've been battling a broken heart
Fm C
Everybody knows I'm torn apart
C D
Since I was eight years old and I thought that
Dm C
God was a girl in my school huh
Fm C
If we can wind up on a sandy beach
Fm C
Breathin' air that only death can reach
F Fm
And singing songs that only heaven leaves
C D
It's okay with me
Fm C
And God is wanting us to make believe
Fm C
But knowing something is only a dream
F Fm
Like the absolutes and the in-between
C D Dm
Are out of line, sometimes, intertwined, behind
C N.C.
A mind, in line, and fights that only fools are still trying to fight