Metropolis, Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
Intro: G D/F♯ Em C/E
G
She never really had a chance
D/F♯
On that fateful moonlit night.
Em
Sacrificed without a fight,
C/E
A victim of a circumstance.
G
Now that I've become aware
D/F♯
and I've exposed this tragedy,
Em
a sadness grows inside of me.
C/E
It all seems so unfair.
Em D
I’m learning all about my life
G D/F♯ Em C/E
by looking through her eyes.
G
Just beyond the churchyard gates,
D/F♯
where the grass is overgrown,
Em
I saw the writing on her stone.
C/E
I felt like I would suffocate.
G
In loving memory of our child,
D/F♯
so innocent eyes open wide.
Em
I felt so empty as I cried,
C/E
like part of me had died.
Em D
I'm learning all about my life
Am
by looking through her eyes.
C/G
And as her image wandered through my head
G D
I wept just like a baby as I lay awake in bed.
Am C/G
And I know what it’s like to lose someone you love,
Em D
And this felt just the same.
G
She wasn’t given any choice.
D/F♯
Desperation stole her voice.
Em
I’ve been given so much more in life.
C/E
I’ve got a son. I’ve got a wife.
G
I had to suffer one last time
D/F♯
To grieve for her and say goodbye.
Em
Relive the anguish of my past,
C
and find out who I was at last.
Em D
The door has opened wide.
C
I'm turning with the tide,
Am G
Looking through her eyes.
Outro: see Intro