I Once Wrote Some Poems Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Bm]I once wrote some poems
of stillness and silence,
standing by rivers of reflected light:
my thought[Dm]s were on being
loved and [A]yet unloved, too -
I sur[C]rendered to the warmth of the night.
[Em]An d[E] now[Em] I fee[D]l like dyin[C]g,
[Em]and if the water were still here, it [D]would
hold me close.

[Verse 2]
[D]I o[F#m]nce wr[Bm]ote a poem while
walking on gravestones,
as cobbles, rain and tear
lashed down my face....
I [Dm]then felt my whole [D]world [A]was fading
as [Em]memories jostled and
[E]fell into [D]place.
And now [C]I feel like dying,
and the [Em]pain of old fires [D]still burns.

[Verse 3]
[Bm]I never wrote poems when
I bit my knuckles
and Death started slipping into my mouth...
[D]but that [Dm]was r[D]eally [A]a long time ago,
and [Em]I'm not writ[C]ing
poems [E]now.[D]
And though I [A]don't feel
[Asus4]quite lik[C]e dying,
there is [Em]something deep inside me
[D]softly [A]crying.
And though I don't [Asus4]feel quit[A]e

[Verse 4]
[C]
like dying
there [Em]is something deep

[Outro 1]
inside me softly....
[Em][Bm][C]