Tom: Am
Am F E E
I left Sabinal years ago when I was just a child
Am F E E
Was haunted until all my youth was burned
Am F Am F
Still, I got away but only yesterday
Am G F E
I realized that somehow I had returned
Am F E E
A boat is in the distance but too far away to catch
Am F E E
I only love the sea when I'm ashore
Am F Am F
How much of that is me? How much just memories
Am G F E
Of something someone told me long ago
[Chorus]
F E E F G F E
Do I leave as a criminal or do I stay as a coward?
[Verse]
Am F E E
Winter always plays with me, it ties me to the ground
Am F E E
Then cuts me loose and throws me to the sky
Am F Am F
I suddenly unwind, reveal another side
Am G F E
And say everything I was was just a lie
[Chorus]
F E E F G F E
Do I leave as a criminal or do I stay as a coward?
[Verse]
Am F E E
The longer I will stay the harder it will be to leave
Am F E E
It looks as if there is no odyssey
Am F Am F
But maybe this is it, then surely I must quit
Am G F E
The lotus plant that holds me, tenderly
Am G F E
The lotus plant that keeps me, quietly
