Artist: Matisyahu
Album: Youth
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Fire of Heaven/Altar of Earth
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Capo 2
Intro: Am G F G
Riff:
Am G F G
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Chorus:
Am G F G
Fire descends from on high in the shape of a lion
Am G F G
Burn the sacrifice of pride and ride on Mount Zion
Am G F G
Fire descends from on high in the shape of a lion
Am G F G
Burn the sacrifice of pride and ride on Mount Zion
Am G
Rub me the wrong way, taking the highway
F G
Rubbing sticks together but your fire's man-made
Am G
Capitalize on hot air, soar like an airplane
F
Yearn to rise in the sky quick high like cocaine
G
False pride is suicide but you've got nothing to gain
Am
Babylon's buildings raise like flames
G
Drowning in their champagne
F G
Explosion pulled the pin in the hand grenade
Am G
Soul stain blowing up, in your own domain
F G
Fire crackers ohh and aah, but they never maintain
Bridge:
F G
Fires burning, flames are dancing
Am G
Don't burn the house down Lord
F G Am G
Heavenly fire only resides on an altar made from the ground
Chorus
Am G
One pair of eyes
F G
But see two different things
Am G F G
One person cries but the other one sings
Am G
You walk around like everybody owes ya something
F G
Take what you got, thank God for all that life brings
Am G
The poor man has it all but not content with anything
F G
While the rich man's hands are empty but he's sitting like a king
Bridge
Dm G
Backpack's getting heavy, moving at a steady pace
Am Em
Carrying bricks on your shoulders and lead around your waist
Dm Am
Making way, run in haste, there is no time to taste
Em
What you ate, we should be grateful got a plateful
Fire burns like ice morsels falling fire like rain
Chorus
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Youth
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Am C x4
Am C
Some of them come now, some of the running, some of them looking for fun
Am C
Some of them looking for away out of confusion
Am C
Some of them don't know where to be, some of them don't know where to go
Am C
Some of them trust their instincts ,that somethings missing from the show
Am C
Some don't fit society, their insides are crying low
Am C
Some of them teachers squashed the flame, 'fore it had a chance to grow
Am C
Some of them embers still glow , them charcoal hushed and low
Am C
Some of them come with hunger suppressed, not fed them feel the death blow yo
Chorus:
F E
Young man control in your hand
Am
Slam your fist on the table, and make your demand
F E
Take a stand fan a fire for the flame of the youth
Am C/B C D
Got the freedom to choose, you better make the right move
F E
Young man, the power's in your hand
Am
Slam your fist on the table and make your demand
F E
You better make the right move
Dm
Youth is the engine of the world
Dm
Youth is the engine of the world
Am C
Storm the halls of vanity
Am C
Focus your energy
Am C
Into a laser beam streaming shattered light unites to pierce
Am C
Between the seams and it seems the world open peering
Am C
The children see rapid fire for your mind
Am C
Half a truth is just a lie they rub me the wrong way
Am
They say their way or fall behind, seventeen disconnect left out
C Am
The concept as to why, there's a spiritual emptiness
C
So the youth them get vexed, skip class and get wrecked
F
Feel with beer and cigarettes, to fill the hole in their chest!
Chorus
Dm
You got the freedom to choose, better make the right move
You got the freedom to choose
Solo: Am C
Chorus
Dm
Youth is the engine of the world
Dm
Youth is the engine of the world
Dm
Youth is the engine of the world
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Time of Your Song
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Intro: Bm G D A x4
Bm G
The world is moving to the song I hear
D A/C# A
Who’s that singing wind is rushing in my ear
Bm G
Mind gushing memories almost lost everything
D A/C# A
Felony and fellows running in my dream
Bm G
We were in the van where the hits were driving
D A/C# A
Saw myself in the highlands at age thirteen
Bm G
And I'm asking questions to the present day me
D A/C# A
Moving backwards down the hill see we were posting
Chorus:
Bm G D A/C# A
Moonlight illuminate my night and my days sun-ray make the people say
Bm G
Had a vision somethings missing so they're screaming out loud
D A/C# A
Keep my feet on ground and my head in the clouds
Bm G D A/C# A
I'm the arrow, you're my bow, shoot me forth and I will go
Bm G
And I know and I go and I go get up and go
D A/C# A
Make me feel its for real tell me what you know
Bm G D A/C# A
I don’t mean to glorify, ate the apple of the tree and tried to lie
Bm G
In the garden i'll remember that’s when I started to sing
D A/C# A
I said death brings life into uncertain things,
Bm G
Classroom's not for me, sun setting autumn breeze
D A/C# A
Sound is moving like a chorus keep hearing that melody
Bm G
Check the radio but theres nothing playing
D A/C# A
Check the radio again but theres nothing playing
Chorus
Bm G D A/C# A
Rewind…
Dub-wise!
Bm G D
Swing low, sweet chariot of flames change my name, No
A/C# A
It was always the same
Bm G
Till if only what you find when you climb
D A/C# A
Check the radio but of all that shines theres no time
Bm G
My life is making your mind work in overtime
D A/C# A
But along the line you'll have to pay for the crime
Bm G
Slow it down you turbo too soon
D A/C# A
Vroom vroom then you want to blast off unto the moon
Bm G
But you might get trapped in a temple of doom
D A/C# A
You might get trapped in a temple of doom
Chorus
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Dispatch the Troops
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Capo 3
Intro: Am F C Em x4
Am F
See the daughter of Zion once precious princess
C Em
Left her father's house to walk streets that never rest
Am F
Maybe they’ll hear me in the metropolis
C Em
So I’m sending an SOS
Am F
Fighting with her “ta” she wants out of this mess
C Em
And them big city lights might brighten up the darkness
Am F
You know that I’m tired and you know that I’m stressed
C Em
You can’t stop me and you can’t stop this
Am F
You could call the police try to make an arrest
C Em
Today is the day that I repossess
Am F
Leaving on the first bus that I can get
C Em
Now its rings around eyes sopping wet from rain droplets
Am F
Window shopping for some solace no address and penniless
C Em
That’s the price you pay for running away from the stress
Am F
Feeling the pain likes to dance by the DJ
C G
Reminds me of a time when things were okay
Chorus:
Dm F
Frightened by her own shadow
Dm F Dm G
Now she wants to go home
C G Dm F G
Many names, for one G-d
Am G Dm F
Trotting on, through the façade
C G
You were all my children
Dm F G
Got to dig for that feeling
Am G Dm F
Love, will break down this concealment
Am F
Strip away the serpent’s skin We came to win
C Em
Dispatch the troops send out the captain
Am G
My gem is held captive in the dungeon
C Em
Don’t come back again till you end the mission
Am F
If it takes a long time don’t lose the vision
C Em
If you’re stuck check the blueprint, look within
Am F
Reflection, got to find the rhythm
C Em
Won’t you please return child Where you been
Am F
She says I can’t come home because he won’t let me in
C Em
And besides we don’t need no more friction
Am
Used to look so nice, how’d you get so thin
F
And your heart's like ice, it’s a heart of sin
C
Skin white like a ghost with a pale complexion
Em
Pray to g-d for the dead we need resurrection
Am F
Don’t you know wherever we go thick and thin
C Em
You are still my children
Am F C G
Since you’ve been gone my soul’s been hurting
Chorus
Bridge: Am F C Em
Chorus
Dm F
Wondering through this world
Dm F Em G
We are just boys and girls
C G Dm F G
Many names, for one G-d
Am G Dm F
Trotting on, through the façade
C G
You were all my children
Dm F G
Got to dig for that feeling
Am G Dm F
Love, will break down this concealment
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Indestructible
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Capo 2
G: 320033
Bm/F#: 224432
Em: 022000
D/F#: 2x0232
Intro: G Bm/F# Em D/F# x2
Chorus: (x2)
G
Fear nobody but his majesty
Bm/F#
My spirit, you retrieved
Em
For you I wait silently
D/F#
It seems that you believe in me
G
Indestructible digging through the rubble
Bm/F#
Bubblin' we don't need no more trouble
Em
Never had this cold vision, hot hot friction
D/F#
Like I’m running a muck upon a rhythm
G
Stay on a plan so you don’t lose the vision
Bm/F#
Stay sizzlin’ Peter paddled from a plane like this is
Em
From the city feelin' it your breathin’ in
D/F#
You put on your glasses and you see through it
Chorus
G
Some of them run, run, runnin’ like a rat on a wheel
Try feel fine, a new deal
Who is there? Ticket for a meal
This world is real, and it heals for a final generation
G
I remember that day in November
Bm/F#
Standing on a roof and I’m feeling so tender
Em
All shook up like I’ve been in the blender
D/F#
Fend off the demons in the park after dark
G
Lend me your hand, I want to be a member
Bm/F#
Spent too much and now I’m rendered
Em
Dead, Mend these wounds, we got to find a common
D/F#
Thread want to fly in the sky bu ya heavy like lead
Chorus
G
Just untooling the hands of the builder
Bm/F#
Fill them with the strength to go further
Em
Digging deep for eternal treasure
D/F#
Stay away from quick sand and false pleasure
G
Them mouth’s speak with arrogance
Bm/F#
Appearance like a lion lurking in the mist
Em
They surround and they gaze their fix
D/F#
Grab the rope of God’s heritage
Chorus
G
G Bm/F# Em D/F#
G Bm/F#
Release me from their schemes
Em D/F#
My distress you will relieve
G Bm/F#
Shield me on the path that’s dark and slippery
Em D/F#
Basic deception and futility
G Bm/F#
I stand with integrity, sneak to the roof of that building
Em
Don’t want nobody here to see me
D/F#
They’re saying that I’m living in a fantasy
G Bm/F#
But I believe if I did keep and I bleed in sincerity
Em D/F#
Won’t you utterly remove the cloud hanging over me
G Bm/F#
Won’t you wave that decree in the shade of your wings
Em D/F#
Shelter me from the wicked who have plundered me
G Bm/F# Em D/F#
From my mortal enemies, won’t you shield me
G Bm/F# Em D/F#
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What I'm Fighting For
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Em7: 022033
Cadd9: x32033
Intro : Em7 D Cadd9
G D
What I’m fighting for
Cadd9 D
Is worth far more than silver and gold
Em7 D
What I'm fighting for
Cadd9 G D
Is a chance to unite the past
Cadd9 G D G
When a brothers coming home at last
Am D
Fighting together for lives
Em7 D Cadd9
G D
Sons and daughters of Abraham
Cadd9 D
Lay down to a higher command
Em7 D
Don’t be tricked by the acts of man
Cadd9 G D
God’s wisdom revealed in a holy plan
Cadd9 D
A chance to unite the past
Cadd9 G D G
When a brothers coming home at last
Am D
Fighting together for lives
Em7 G x2
Em7 G Em7 G
To Zion we roll and we're not all alone
Em7 G Am
Unite and you will find
G D
What I’m fighting for
Cadd9 D
Is worth far more than silver and gold
Em7 D
What I’m fighting for
Cadd9 G D
Is a chance to unite the past
Cadd9 G D G
When a brothers coming home at last
Am D
Fighting together for lives
Em7 G x2
Em7 G Em7 G
To Zion we roll and we're not all alone
Em7 G Am
Unite and you will find
G D Cadd9 G
What I’m fighting for
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Jerusalem
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Capo 1
Em C G D
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Chorus:
Em
Jerusalem, if I forget you,
C
Fire not gonna come from me tongue
G
Jerusalem, if I forget you,
D
Let my right hand forget what it's supposed to do
Em
In the ancient days, we will return with no delay
C
Picking up the bounty and the spoils on our way
G
We've been traveling from state to state
D
And them don't understand what they say
Em
3,000 years with no place to be
C
And they want me to give up my milk and honey
G
Don't you see, it's not about the land or the sea
D
Not the country but the dwelling of his majesty
Chorus x2
Em
Rebuild the temple and the crown of glory
C
Years gone by, about sixty
G
We were burned in the oven in this century
D
And the gas tried to choke, but it couldn't choke me
Em
I will not lie down, I will not fall asleep
C
And they come overseas, yes they're trying to be free
G
Erase the demons out of our memory
D
Change your name and your identity
Em
Afraid of the truth and our dark history
C
Why is everybody always chasing we
G
Cut off the roots of your family tree
D
Don't you know that's not the way to be
Chorus x2
Em
Caught up in these ways, and the worlds gone craze
C
Don't you know it's just a phase, cause of the Simon says
G
If I forget the truth then my words won't penetrate
D
Babylon burning in the place, can't see through the haze
Em
Chop down all of them dirty ways,
C
That's the price that you pay for selling lies to the youth
G
No way, not okay, oh
D
No way, not okay, hey
Em
Ain't no one gonna break my stride
C G
Ain't no one gonna pull me down
D
Oh no, I got to keep on moving stay alive
Chorus x2
Em C G D x2
Em C
Jerusalem If I forget You
G D
Jerusalem If I forget You
Em C
Jerusalem If I forget You
G D
Jerusalem If I forget You
Em C G D x2
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WP
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Capo 3
Intro:
Am
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C
Slap me Daft, we sat down in the back of the class
Em
To seize knowledge we don't need, I forgot my late pass
Dm
But I'm early to a arrival beatbox, you got raps?
Em
Meet me on the football field, don't sleep on field, the quarterback
C
No one clapped when we locked in, it was removal of our class
Em
But my flag got captured and I fell between the cracks
Dm
My tool for inspiration turned into a handicap
Em
No matter how I tried, I just couldn't fill the gaps
C
Those whipper snappers, they got trapped old chap
Em
They lost the way, they never had the right map
Dm
Needed a sneak attack to slap the demons off my back
Em
So I picked for the shtetl dreamed big I wouldn't settle
C
Put the pedal to the metal and returned to fundamentals
Em
I'll never forget running through the hall with all y'all rebels
Dm
Roaming through the high land, young bucks invincible
Em
Echoes in my brain, if kids report to the principle
Chorus:
F
Substance dulls the mind
Dm
Traife wine clouds the heart
Am
You can't sew a stitch with one hand
G
While you're taking it apart
F
Bright lights might look nice
Dm
But they sure won't make you sharp
Am
You can't sew a stitch with one hand
G
While you're taking it apart
C
Yeah, misty morning and my mom's a mess
Em
To make matters worse dog my pops is stressed, life is a test
Dm
Make the grade or catch an F, now death is all that's left
Em
To ponder I wander off hoping to catch my breath
C
And hold it, mold my memories from untold scripts
Em
And roll up in a tornado twist, now I'm certain
Dm
There's a pertinent reason I'm on this earth
Em
Seasons change in white plains, but we remain alert
C
When new school years appear fools fear for a failure and crawl away
Em
In tears, I play Popeye the Sailor and stay with spinach
Dm
We walk the halls with a grimace
Em
Yeah they gossip in groups, I try to mind my business and tell the truth
C
For instance
Em
I listen, see it all with basketball court vision
Ignoring ignorance in fields of fiction
Dm
We lean back in the calmest position
Em
And embrace the honesty found within our tension, What's good?
Chorus
Riff
Am
Trapped in the elevator of your mind
Is it real, what will you find behind the door
Your imaginations put you in a bind
Around you there's a cloud of gloom
Swallow the key, lock yourself in a room
Can't see outside of your universe
C
No more war, there won't be anymore hunger
Em
No jealousy, not even competition
Dm
Let go, release, you hold the keys
Em
Time we evaporate into the breeze
C
We are nothing, we are something
Em
Let go, release, you hold the keys
Dm
It's time we evaporate into the breeze
Em
We are nothing, we'll be something
C
Welcome to the desert of my soul
Em
You can stay if you like, there's room for one more
Dm Em
There's room for one more
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Shalom/Saalam
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Capo 1
Instrumental in F Major
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Late Night in Zion
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C: x32010
Cmaj7: x32000
Em: 022003
B/G: x20033
C(2): 32013
G/B: x2003x
A7sus2: x0200x
D/F#: 2x023x
Intro: C Em Bm C2
Cmaj7
We're the reflection of imperfection
G/B A7sus2 D/F#
We come from the infinite place of limitation
Am Cmaj7
Rejoice in these days, make a correction
Em D/F# G
We're the completion
Cmaj7
Lights out, down for the count, can't get up
G/B A7sus2 D/F#
Meanwhile the enemy screams the boy is stuck
Am Cmaj7
and the legs of the king are dangling in a rut
Em D/F# G
Falling pieces, lost sparks, hearts cut
Cmaj7
We're not alone in the madness if we're here, then so are you
G/B A7sus2 D/F#
Deepest caverns underground, we've been digging for the truth,
Am Cmaj7 Em D/F# G
Scrape my knees, on the hurdles, face down in the puddles
Cmaj7
Only one who'll get us out of this mess, the one who put us here
G/B A7sus2 D/F#
I've got a spear driven through my ear
Am Cmaj7
Can't you hear the sound, crystal clear, pistols crashing chandeliers
Em D/F# G
Long for brooks of water like the deer
Chorus: x2
Cmaj7
A man is just a man, filled of faults and weakness
G/B
For a young Jerusalem all alone and speechless
A7sus2
Nighttime, nobody's home, roam streets in darkness
Cmaj7
I feel I'm just a man, flesh and bones, homeless
Cmaj7
Planting seeds, they won't sink in, I'm dried up
G/B A7sus2 D/F#
like the desert earth, how could these seeds give birth
Am Cmaj7
Water me down, liquify, I will not be cursed
Em D/F# G
From one into a million disperse
Cmaj7
Wisdom reigns like water from heaven to below
G/B A7sus2 D/F#
Crush my earth, seeds grow, garden start to grow
Am Cmaj7
You know you've got to rise, though you like to flow
Em D/F# G
You can't keep staring out the window
Cmaj7
Earth, water, wind, fire we stay low while getting higher
G/B A7sus2 D/F#
Spark igniter, fighting tired stay wired, enlighten loads
Am Cmaj7
Fly alive, weep wail chant, cry, let out a sigh
Em D/F# G
Energized, give my last dime, life shouldn't pass me by
Cmaj7
Rise, to the occasion
G/B A7sus2 D/F#
Keep these hearts all blazin' build your life on a river of wax
Am Cmaj7
Melt into space, we've been here since the beginning
Em D/F# G
not going away, not going away
Chorus
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Unique is My Dove
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Intro: D G x2
D
On the way into this world, our soul was born in two
G
Searching for you, I been searching for you
D
Where ya been, where ya running to
G
Where ya got to go, what ya got to do
D
Don't care where we're going, just wanna be with you
G
Put your head on my shoulder, tell me what you been through
D
When I lose my focus, you remind me of the truth
G
Lift us up to the heavens, for a birds eye view
Chorus:
A G
One woman for me
F#m G
Other half of my soul, you're my queen
A G
One woman for me
F#m Bm
Other half of my soul, roots of my tree
D
We could forget about Galus for a while,
G
Our troubles for a while Sometimes I look at you and just smile,
D
Sit in the park and just laugh all day
G
Sometimes I just lose it with the things that you say,
D
Waiting by the subway but we missed the train,
G
We'll take the next one if you can pull me away
D
Keep me cool down to earth, and no anxiety
G
Stay modest with the humble heart always
Chorus
D G A
We don't need no umbrella when we're walking in the rain
D D/C# D/B D/A D/F# G A
Sunlight or clouds, it’s all the same
D D/C# D/B D/A D/F# G A
Don't need no umbrella, when we're walking in the rain
D G D G
D
So smart and sharp, oh so lovely
G
And a beauty shine bright, yes you're there for me
D
Keep the ways of our fathers, how it use to be
G
Moving forward, don't mean erase our history
D
Look to your ways, and see a girl who wants to do the right thing
G
Dedicated to a life, bigger than you or me
D
Build a temple in our hearts, for his majesty
G
Stay simple, serve god, and keep our deeds clean
Chorus
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Ancient Lullaby
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F Bb
Mist rising on the horizon
F C
Listenin’ with my ears and listenin’ with my eyes and
Dm Am
Listenin’ until we've ridden the mud from the parasite
Bb C
Listenin’ until our hearts start to glisten, realize
F Bb
Share the vision and my rhythms and we'll melt the ice
F C
Start sizzlin’, spilling from the ceiling, bread dripping drizzling
Dm Am
Close to the broken-heart, them crushed in spirit
Bb C
Redeem the soul of your servant seek his, pursue it
F Bb
Keep the sparkle in your eyes
F
Oh you know, we're not gon die, like flyin’
C Dm
Soul times for the times when we'll stay unified
Am Bb C
The eyes of Hashem are to the righteous and he hears their
Chorus:
F Bb F Bb F Bb F Bb
Soul cry, like an ancient lullaby
F Bb F Bb F Bb F Bb
Soul cry, like an ancient lullaby
F Bb
Jerusalem breathes, bringin’ me ease from the Brooklyn squeeze,
F C
Dirty boppin’ and a bring ya down to ya knees
Dm Am
Track ya like a lion, leave me be
Bb C
When they come with their disease to drag us into the street,
F Bb
My law's still pure, you can't take that from me,
F C
3000 years until this last century,
Dm Am Bb C
Impossible to break the seal of the High Priest,
F Bb
Yo, I say the branches on the trees them bow to these
F
Swaying to the melodies,
C Dm
Craving for the slaves to bring redemption please
Am
I am you, you are me
Bb C
No more leaders, we must flea ,We want see God in our enemy
Chorus
Solo
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King without a Crown
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Capo 1
Intro: Em D A Bm x2
G Bm
You're all that I have and you're all that I need
A
Each and every day I pray to get to know you please
G Bm
I want to be close to you, yes I'm so hungry
Em
You're like water for my soul when it gets thirsty
G Bm
Without you there's no me, you're the air that I breathe
A
Sometimes the world is dark and I just can't see
G Bm
With these, demons surround all around to bring me down to negativity
Em
But I believe, yes I believe, I said I believe
G Bm
I'll stand on my own two feet, won't be brought down on one knee
A
I fight with all of my might and get these demons to flee
G Bm
Hashem's rays fire blaze burn bright and I believe
Em
Hashem's rays fire blaze burn bright and I believe
G Bm
Out of darkness comes light, twilight unto the heights
A
Crown Heights burnin' up all through till twilight
G Bm
Said thank you to my God, now I finally got it right
Em
And I'll fight with all of my heart, and all a' my soul, and all a' my might
Chorus:
Em D
What's this feeling, my love will rip a hole in the ceiling
A Bm
I give myself to you from the essence of my being
Em D
And I sing to my god, songs of love and healing
A Bm
I want Moshiach now, time we start revealing
Em D
What's this feeling, my love will rip a hole in the ceiling
A Bm
I give myself to you from the essence of my being
Em D
And I sing to my god, songs of love and healing
A Bm
I want Moshiach now
G Bm
Strippin’ away the layers and reveal your soul
A
Got to give yourself up and then you become whole
G Bm
You're a slave to yourself and you don't even know
Em
You want to live the fast life but your brain moves slow
G Bm
If you're trying to stay high, bound to stay low
A
You want God but you can't deflate your ego
G Bm
If you're already there then there's nowhere to go
Em
If you're cup's already full then its bound to overflow
G Bm
If you're drowning in the water's and you can't stay afloat
A
Ask Hashem for mercy, and he'll throw you a rope
G Bm
You're looking for help from God you say he couldn't be found
Em
Searching up to the sky and looking beneath the ground
G Bm
Like a King without his Crown, you keep fallin' down
A
You really want to live but can't get rid of your frown
G Bm
Tried to reach unto the heights and wound bound down on the ground
Em
Given up your pride and the you heard a sound
G Bm
Out of night comes day and out of day comes light
A
Nullified to the One like sunlight in a ray
G Bm
Makin' room for his love and a fire gone blaze
Em
Makin' room for his love and a fire gone blaze
Chorus
Solo
Em D
See I lift up my eyes where my help come from
A Bm
And I seen it circling around from the mountain
Em D
Thunder, you feel it in your chest
A Bm
You keep my mind at ease and my soul at rest you're not vexed
Em D
See I lift up my eyes where my help come from
A Bm
And I seen it circling around from the mountain
Em D
Thunder, you feel it in your chest
A Bm
You keep my mind at ease and my soul at rest you're not vexed
Em D A Bm x4
