F# B A C#m C#m B A C#m C#m B A
D
Bm
The leaded window
opened to move the dancing candle flame
Em
G D A
G A Bm
And the first Moths
of summer suicidal came, oh, suicidal came.
D
Bm
And a new breeze
chattered in its May-bud tenderness
Em Em7 A
G A
Bm
Sending water-lillies
sailing as she turned to get undressed.
D
Bm
And the long night
awakened and we soared on powdered wings
Em
G D A
Circling our tomorrows
in the wary month of Spring.
D
Bm
Chasing shadows slipping
in a magic lantern slide
Em
A G
A Bm
Creatures of the
candle on a night-light-ride.
D
Bm
Dipping and weaving
- flutter through the golden needle's eye
Em
G D A
in our haystack madness.
Butterfly-stroking on a Spring-tide high,
G A Bm
oh, on a Spring-tide
high.
C#m C#m B A C#m C#m B A
E
C#m A
B
Life's too long (as
the Lemming said)
C#m Bb
F# C# Ebm
as the candle burned
and the Moths were wed.
A B
E B C#m
And we'll all burn
together as the wick grows higher
B F# C#
before the candle's
dead.
D
Bm
Em
G D A G A Bm
F
Dm
The leaded window
opened to move the dancing candle flame.
Gm
Bb F C
Bb C Dm
And the first moths
of summer suicidal came, oh, suicidal game
F
Dm
to join in the worship
of the light that never dies
Gm
Bb F
C
in a moment's reflection
of two moths spinning in her eyes.
E C#m C#m B
A C#m C#m B A C#m