Standard (EADGBE)

Stand on the shores of a site unseen

The s ubstance of this dwells in me

Cause my natural eyes only go skin deep

But the eye’s of my heart anchor the sea

Pl umbing the depths to the place in between

The t angible world and the land of a dreams

Because everything ain’t quite it seems

There’s m ore beneath the appearance of things

A beggar could be king within the s hadows,

Of a wing

And w isdom will honor everyone who will learn

To l isten, to love, and to pray and discern

And t o do the right thing even when it burns

And to l ive in the light through treacherous turns

A m an is weak, but the spirit yearns

To k eep to the course from the bow to the stearn

And th row overboard every selfish concern

That tri es to work for what can’t be earned

Sometimes the only way to return is to go,

Where the winds will take you

And to let go, of all, you cannot hold on to

For the hope, beyond,the blue

Yellow and gold as the new day dawns

Like a v irgin unveiled who waited so long

To d ance and rejoice and sing her song

And re st in the arms of a love so strong

No o ne comes unless they’re drawn

By the v oice of desire that leads em’ along

To the redemption of what went wrong

By the b lood that coveres the innocent one

No more separati on

Between us.

So l ift your voice just one more time

If th ere’s any hope may it be a sign

That everything was made to shine

Desp ite what you can see

So ta ke this bread and drink this wine

And h ide your spirit within the vine

Where all things will work by a good design

For tho se who will believe

And let go, of all, you cannot hold on to

For the hope, beyond,the blue

Said I let go, of all, I could not hold ont o

For the hope, I have, in you