The Hollow And The Fluted Night

Intro: F /// //// Bb /// //// Eb /// ////

Gm7          Fmaj7  Gm7                Fmaj7
This kind of ocean fails to reach the coast
Gm7        Fmaj7               Gm7   C7   A
A special famine rages at the feast
Eb             Bb                     F
The one loved most is always present least

Gm7          Fmaj7      Gm7         Fmaj7
You are the loved one, very nearly here
Gm7                  Fmaj7      Gm7   C7   A
Who did not feel so far away before
Eb         Bb                  F
But now I fear our separation more

        Eb                               Bb
   The hollow and the fluted night that weaves
                                F
   The cloth combining loves divides their lives
          Eb                       Bb
   Black velvet hills between the silver knives

        Eb                              Bb
   The sunlight on the window-sill kow-tows
                            F
   And opens up the sky to further skies
       Bb                     Eb
   For all the thousand miles to your eyes

Gm7       F      Gm7               F
The realisation daunts the both of us
Gm7               F                     Gm7   C7   A
And so we draw a deep breath through a kiss
Eb          Bb                    F
When was it ever otherwise than thus?
      Eb               Bb               F    Eb   Bb
And what goodbyes are more alone than this?
  Eb               Bb               F
What goodbyes are more alone than this?

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