Intro: F, G, Am

F                G             Am
To meet me is to dare into the darkness
F          G            Am
If you are devoted to a dream
F                G
Go and light the lantern, 
Am         G      F
Leave your family abandoned
F               Am              G
Meet me by the shallow of the stream
F                  G              Am 
Oh, meet me by the shallow of the stream

F               G         Am
To ask me is to love with hesitation
F                G               Am
My answer is the same that it has been
F          G
Here is my affection
Am           G      F
No condition and no questions
F           Am              G
Open up the door and let me in
F               G              Am
Oh, open up the door and let me in

F                G               Am
To trust me is to travel past the towers
F                 G                  Am
Those that make it back from here are few
F                   G
It takes all of your devotion
        Am     G     F        
To have courage for a moment
F                    Am               G
The world has bested better men than you
F                        G               Am
Oh, the world has bested better men than you

F                G           Am
To love me is to sit upon the mountain
F            G               Am
Every step is harder than the last
F                   G
But to find the step above it
     Am        G     F
Is to triumph, is to summit
F                 Am            G
Taste the frigid water from the tap
F                    G              Am
Oh, taste the frigid water from the tap

F                   G                  Am
To curse me for the life we left behind us
F        G                 Am    
Is to misremember what was cost
F                  G
For from the vacant cradle 
      Am    G       F
To the empty kitchen table
F                Am                  G
Show me what was precious that was lost
F                   G              Am      G         F
Oh, I’m sorry that I said it, and I know it might be reckless
F                    G                 Am
Oh, show me what was precious that was lost