Through The Dark Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Bm][A][Em][Em]
[Bm][A][Em][Em]

[Verse 1]
The very day you were [Bm]born,
your light shone bold in the dark
[A]The doctor said you had a hole in your heart
I just knew [Em]you were making room
for a whole lot of heart
And loved you from that day
until your soul would depart
[Bm]You took your first breath
upon my chest
[A]I built you a good nest before I left
[Em]It wasn't that I never loved your mother
But two happy homes are better

[Verse 2]
than one that suffered
[Bm]Every regret in this life that I made
[A]Have been tempered by the strength
in your eyes everyday
[Em]I know that you never said
that you'd like me to stay
Still I'm sorry I neglected you
while I was away
[Bm]You were eight
when we headed to casualty
And [A]no child should face
their death or mortality
[Em]You taught me patience,
strength and morality
And I'd burdened this weight
instead of you happily

[Pre-chorus 1]
That [Bm]night,
you asked if you'd die from your sickness
And [A]why had it chosen your life out of millions
[Em]You filled me with the pride
I was missing
Cause grown men cry,
that lack your type of resilience
[Bm]Only when it's dark that the stars are bright
For your [A]fight, you gonna harbour
these scars for life
But you're [Em]a brave little soul,
came in the cold
Like a fighter, hope you find

[Chorus 1]
the same flame when you're old
[Bm]Fall aslee[A]p and lay with me
[Em]We'll search the night for shoot[A]ing stars
[Bm]If they can't take[A] away your pain
[Em]I'll take your hand, walk thro[A]ugh the dark
[Bm]The dark
[D]Through the dar[G]k

[Verse 3]
I wrote [Bm]this while you slept in a hospital bed
Know [A]this, your breath
at the cost of my breath
I'd [Em]forgo this life, that you'd go on in my death
If you'd know what it's like
to live long and regret
So you could [Bm]fight, you could shove,
you could bleed and hurt
You could [A]cry, you could love,
and your creed will work
When your [Em]strides act dumb
and you teethe your words
It'll take a wife to become your sky,
[G]sea and earth
But [Bm]if these are things that you never see
With no [A]god, just me, it'll set you free
And most [Em]others won't understand
the hell in which you've been in
'Til they wrestle with the demon
But take [Bm]heart to be brave, but first we fear
The same [A]heart, the same pain,
you persevere, will serve [Em]you
I know this world is of course unfair,
and hurt you
But these virtues are yours to bear

[Pre-chorus 2]
[Bm]I named you lionhearted
the day you were born
[A]They say the night is darkest
before the dawn
[Em]I'll take your hand upon this path
If you can light a spark,
then we can find some calm in a raging storm
[Bm]Ain't nothing left to scare you see
So we can [A]live life and cherish
every breath we breathe
And no [Em]matter where you go,
know we'll never leave
Cause even when we're gone,
we're living in a memory

[Chorus 2]
So live
[Bm](on) Fall a[A]sleep and lay with me
[Em]We'll search the night for shooting stars
[Bm]If they can't take[A] away your pain
[Em]I'll take your hand, walk through the dark
[Bm]Fall aslee[A]p and lay with me
[Em]We'll search the night for shooting stars
[Bm]If they can't take[A] away your pain
[Em]I'll take your hand, walk through the dark
[Bm]The dark
[D]Through the dar[G]k

[Interlude 1]
[Bm][D][Em]
[G][A][Bbdim][Bm]

[Outro 1]
And I'm sorry that I can't
take your pain, or [D]answer [Em]why
I lay awake through, darker skies
[G]I say your name, you c[A]ast a[Bbdim] light
[Bm]You're a flame on a starless night
And I, didn't know
I was lost [D]'til you found [Em]me
Didn't know I was locked in, without keys
[G]But we can walk acr[A]oss
[Bbdim]all these boundaries[Bm]
You and me, nothing here to stop you,
you're now free
So I wrote this to give [D]you hope
For [Em]every good thing in life you live to know
They say [G]cancer survivors
are [A]gifted [Bbdim]though
[Bm]Let me know if that isn't so