Imperiled Eyes Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D5]"Although a[D][D5][D][D5][F#][A][D][Cm][D][D5][C5][D][D5][D][F#]
[A][C5][D][D5][D][D5][D][D5][D][D5][F#][A][Cm][Eb][D][D5][C5][Cm][D5]
[D][C#][C5][Bb5][A][C5][D][C5][D5][D][D5][D][C#][F#][C5][D][D5][C5][C][D5][D]
[D5][D][C#][F#][Ab][F#][Bbm][Cm][D]
[D5][D][D5]
[A]cli[D5]che s[D]ub[D5]ject in metal, fear [D]of annihilation is something we've[Eb] all experienced at one time or another. in [Edim]this case, we try to decipher, lyrically and musically, a se[D]t of reoccurr[C#]ing nightmares I used to frequen[C#dim]tly have.[A]"[Eb]
[D]Centuries of war and waste

[Verse 2]
[Eb]
[D]Have dealt a mortal blo[D5]w[G5][F5]
[D5]Mother earth be[D]gins [D5]to rot[D]
[A]Hu [D]manity on death [D5]row[D]
[D5]Life does [D]slowly cease to be
Death seems [G5]so s[D]urre[D5]al
[D]As [G5]earth b[D]ecomes a vacant lot[D5][D]
There's nothing left [D5]to heal[D][Ab][G5][Bb5]
[D5][Dm][G5][Ab][G5][F5][Ab][G5][F5]

[Verse 3]
[D]
[A]No colour in the skies
No one left to blame
And we thought we were [G5]wise
[A]As I fade, I feel revived
Shocked back into life
Opening im[G5]per [D]illed[E][Em][Gm]
[Em]eyes[Edim][Em][E][Gm][Em]
[E]Im [F5]perilled [E]eyes

[Interlude 1]
[Gm][Em][E][A][E][Gm][Em][E][F5][Gdim][Edim][C#dim][Edim][C#dim][Edim]
[C#dim][Em][E][Em][E][Edim][Bb5][E]
[Edim][E][Bb5][A][E][Edim]
[E][Bb5][A]
[E][G5][C#][C#dim][C5][Cm][G5][F5][Bb5][C#][Cm][G5][C5][A][C#][Cm][G5][C#]
[Cm][G5][C5][A][C#]
[D]Cessation

[Verse 4]
[D5]of physica[D]l life
Blackness rains from [D5]above[D][G5][D5]
[Dm]What right did [D]power [D5]have[D]
To an[Dm]nihil[D5]ate the earth I [D]loved[Eb]
[D5]Now a barren waste[D]land[D5][A]
[D]The die [D5]is cast[G5]
[F5]A pl[Dm]anet that once did teem with lif[D]e
No evidence of a pas[D5]t[Eb][Ab][G5][Bb5][Dm][D]
[Dm][G5][Ab][G5][C5][Ab][F5][Ab]

[Verse 5]
[G5][F5][Eb][D]
[A]No colour in the skies
No one left to blame
And we thought we were [G5]wise[D]
[A]As I fade, I feel revived
Shocked back into life
Opening im[G5]per [D]illed [Em]eyes[Gm]
[Em][A][Em][Edim][Em]
[E]Im [F5]perilled [E]eyes

[Interlude 2]
[Em][Edim][Em][E][Em][A][Em][Gm][Em][F5][F#][C5][D][Edim][F][Em][Dm][Edim][F5][Edim][D][Edim][F5][Em][D]
[E][F5][Edim]
[G5][A][Bb5][A][G5][A][Bb5][A][G5][A][Bb5][A][Gdim][A][Bb5][A]
[C5][Cm][C5][Em][D][Dm][C5][C][C5][C][G5][A][C5][G5]
[D][A][C][G][G5][D][A][C5][Cm][G5][D][A][C5][G5]
[D]Centuries of

[Verse 6]
war [Dm]and waste[A]
[D]Have dealt a mortal blow
[G5]Moth[Dm]er earth is now [D]no m[Dm]ore[A]
[D]There's nothing left [Eb]to heal[G5][Bb]
[Dm][D][Dm][Ab][F5][Ab][G5][F5]

[Verse 7]
No [A]colour in the skies
No one left to blame
And we thought we were [G5]wise[D]
[A]As I fade, I feel revived
Shocked back into life
Opening im[G5]perilled [Em]eyes
[Em][A][Em][E][Em]
Im[F5]per [F#]illed eyes[E]

[Outro 1]
[Em][A][Em][G5][F5][F#][C5][G5][Bb5][C#]
[C5][G5][C#][C5][G5][C#][C5][G5][C#][C#]
[C#]