Temporary Ground

(A)On a floating lily island
Moving (D)over slowly (G)sideways
Rested (A)temper and the creatures
Spending (F)all of (Bb)their (E)days

(A)Praying for the floor to
Buckle (D)down below their (G)belts
Crashing (A)into yet another
Drifting (F)continen(Bb)tal (E)shelf

(F)Moving without motion
(A)Screaming without sound
Across (D)an open ocean
(F)lying there on (RIFF)temporary (A)ground

(F)Moving without motion
(A)Screaming without sound
Across (D)an open ocean
(F)lying there on (RIFF)temporary (A)ground

(A)The old explorers had it easy
They dis(D)covered nothing (G)new
But re(A)turned on home with answers
Of (F)sad exis(Bb)tent (E)clues

(A)All the creatures have it hard now
Nothing (D)but god is left to (G)know
And while he (A)left us all here hanging
We're barely (F)losing (Bb)off our (E)home

(F)Moving without motion
(A)Screaming without sound
Across (D)an open ocean
(F)lying there on (RIFF)temporary (A)ground

(F)Moving without motion
(A)Screaming without sound
Across (D)an open ocean
(F)lying there on (RIFF)temporary (A)ground


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