Remove AdsGATHERED DUST
As recorded by Leaf Crown
(2025 releease)
Capo 1st fret
[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
C GWe all agree, the victors and the vanquished are all just chasing more
CWith every year escaping through a damn trap door with our dreams in tow
C CWishing we had a little more left to show
GThe lord gathered dust and fashioned us to life and then she cut the strings
CTo watch us as we scattered for the pretty things that might fill the void
C CBut everything we get means nothing in the end
[Chorus]
GStill every man needs a labor and
CA place where he can lay his head when he says goodnight
GTrading in his days for some dirt and coins
GSmearing on a smile so his aching loins
CMight be bound in joy tonight
C CChasing nothing more than his appetites
[Verse 2]
C GWell my father said, ‘you play another man’s game son and you’re bound to lose
CAt a certain point you’re gonna have to choose if you risk it all’
C CSo I put it all on black and never got it back
GNow I ain’t asking much, a little room to breathe and what seems like meaningful work
CCause it’s food for my family but good Lord it hurts in the day to day
C CWhether you sweat it out or just phone it in
[Chorus]
GBut every man needs a labor and
CA place where he can lay his head when he says goodnight
GI’m feeling like a failure when I’m making plans
GLord help me to believe that I’m a decent man
CCause now I can’t be sure
C CThere was a time when my motives they were pure
[Verse 3]
C GYou can take it all, everything I have is just a cloud of dust
CWaiting to expand or explode or just to return to dust as it must
C CBut let me learn to love it before I go
GThen just say the word, and I’ll leave everything and follow you alone
CI’d rather shovel shit with a grateful heart than find myself enthroned
C COnly to lose the true self at my core
[Out-Chorus]
GCause every man needs a labor and
CA place where he can lay his head when he says goodnight
GI’m feeling like I’m drowning and you’ve cut the cord
CLord I’m fighting like the devil just to climb aboard and to save my life
C CI wanna get back up and begin again
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