Capo 5th (7th for album version) Bass enters. Em7 // = slide up to 5th fret This flight is now binding Em7 // G D/F# x2 G D/F# What anger blinded Em7 // Em7 G D/F# Words of mine and songs must fail There is no rest yet G D/F# Em7 But this oath binds us both We strip each word bare Em7 // G D/F# Now let us be like the solitary rose With the tenderest of care G D/F# Em7 Em7 Now have us drown in truth's garment of sound And as your mouth longs for tears G D/F# // G D/F# // My heart still flows toward you Higher alternating notes enter Em7 // G D/F# Em7 // Is it our calling to live in peace with virtuous friends And how strange to be here Em7 // G D/F# // Or to sleep inside Atop your floating bridges G D/F# Em7 // G D/F# // The cannon's mouth? Now we shall dive for abalone Em7 // Em7 You carry peaches and sugar I know that words of mine G D/F# // G D/F# Still wrapped in the foliage of distant shores And songs must fail Em7 // Em7 A seafarer's trade But this oath binds us both G D/F# // G D/F# An angred sacrifice made For we have a pact of blood Em7 With the sun G D/F# For we have a pact of blood Em7 etc. etc. With the sun The live version at Heidelberg (11/05/2013), which can be found online, contains good footage of a guitar part for the outro.