[Intro Synth]
N.C.
           

[Intro Guitar]
              
              

[Verse 1]
          
   Sisters of 

              
the wayside bi

           
de their time 

              
in quiet peace
           
   A-wait thei

             
r place within

              
 the ring of c

     
alm
         
   Still stand

            
 to turn in se

/            
conds of relea

     
se
          
  A-wait the c

             
all they know 

              
may never come
           
   In times of

             
 lightness, no

           
 intruder dare

       
d upon
           
   To jeopardi

             
ze the course,

                 
 upset the run
          
   And all was

             
 joy, and hand

          
s were raised 

           
toward the sun
          
   As love in 

             
the halls of p

            
lenty overrun

[Chorus]
     
  Ahhhh,   ahh

       
hh,   ahhhh,  

  
ahhhhh
                       
                       

[Verse 2]
          
   Still in th

              
eir bliss unch

           
allenged might

      
y feast
           
   Unending da

             
nces shadowed 

             
on the day
          
   Within the 

             
wall, their da

          
unting formles

       
s keep
          
   Preserved t

             
heir joy that 

              
kept their dou

          
bts at bay
           
   Faceless le

             
gions stood in

           
 readiness to 

       
weep
           
   Just turn a

             
 coin, bring o

            
rder to the fr

    
ay
          
   And everyth

             
ing is soon, n

          
o sooner thoug

              
ht than deed
          
   But no one 

             
seemed to ques

            
tion in any wa

/    
y

[Chorus]
     
  Ahhhh,   ahh

       
hh,   ahhhh,  

  
ahhhhh
                       
                               

[Verse 3]
          
   How keen th

              
e storied hunt

           
er's eye preva

              
ils upon the l

    
and
           
   To seek the

             
 unsuspecting 

              
and the weak
          
   And powerle

             
ss the fabled 

          
sat, too smug 

              
to lift a hand
          
   Toward the 

             
foe that threa

              
tened from the

      
 deep
           
   Who cares t

             
o dry the chee

           
ks of those wh

            
o saddened sta

nd
           
  Adrift upon 

             
a sea of futil

           
e speech?
         
   And to fall

              
 to fate and m

          
ake the 'statu

         
s plan'
          
   But no one 

              
there had heav

             
en within thei

             
r reach

[Chorus]
     
  Ahhhh,   ahh

       
hh,   ahhhh,  

  
ahhhhh
                       
          
     Oh,      

        
   oh         

      
oh,   oh
         
              

         
              

         
              

          
    Oh        

 
   Oh
         
              

         
              

         
              

           
    Oh
                  

[Break]
                  
                           

[Interlude 1]
         
   Where was y

              
our word, wher

               
e did you go?
         
  Where was yo

              
ur helping, wh

             
ere was your b

       
ow,         bo

w?

                      
                          

[Interlude 2]
         
   Dull is the

              
 armour, cold 

                   
is the day
         
   Hard was th

              
e journey, dar

             
k was the way,

        
             w

ay

                      
                            

[Interlude 3]
         
    I heard th

              
e word, I coul

               
dn't stay, oh
         
   I couldn't 

              
stand it anoth

             
er day, anothe

         
r day,      an

          
other Day

(Funky Beat)
     

[Bridge]

Touched by the

 timely coming

Roused from th

e keeper's sle

ep

Release the gr

ip

Throw down the

 key

Held now withi

n the knowing

Rest now withi

n the peace

Take of the fr

uit

But guard the 

seed
               

(Funky Beat 2)
    

Held now withi

n the knowing

Rest now withi

n the beat

Take of the fr

uit

But guard the 

seed

          
        Oh, ta

              
ke of the frui

           
t.    But guar

                 
d the seed

[Outro]
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