Man, O Shipwreck
Attalus
From the album, "Into the Sea"
Em Em Am Bm
Em D C Am Bm
Always searching never finding, growing colder every mile
Em D C Bm Em
Life a thread that keeps unwinding on this unforgiving isle
C Em Bm Em
Man o vessel lost and stranded, how you’ve lost your innocence
C Em D Bm Em
Look at yourself, understand it, you’ve been shipwrecked ever since
Em D C Am Bm
Shadows fall as waters rising, this a cruel calamity
Em D C Bm Em
Silhouettes on the horizon, shadows of humanity
C Em Bm Em
Man o ship without a captain, who will clean up the debris?
C Em D Bm Em
Look at yourself – see what happened, Justice saw your muti - ny
C Em Bm Em
Man o vessel lost and stranded, how you’ve lost your innocence
C Em D Bm Em
Look at yourself, understand it, you’ve been shipwrecked ever since
G Em C D
But shattered sails still have their glory, beautiful though broken art.
G Em C D
Scattered on the rocks a story, fragments of an Author’s heart.
Em Em/Eb G A
Man o shipwreck on the high seas look at yourself – see what I see.
C
All the things you could have been.
Em Em/Eb G A
Man o shipwreck on the high seas look at yourself – see what I see.
C Eb
All the things, all the things you could be again.
G Em C A