C/G
C/G
There are those among us willing Am
To get by on anything
G
Hollow hope of what is coming
C/G
C/G
But this ocean dives so deeply Am
And this river runs so wide
G
I won't be counted one among them
C/G
C/G
Brick and brick of buried hunger Am
Keeping all desire dark
G
And then we are like lions
C/G
C/G
There are those among us lying Am
Saying nothing is for free
G
And then we are like lions
C/G
C/G
Playing kings and playing peasants Am
Do we get what we are owed
G
An eagle comes and talks of failure
C/G
C/G
Will they buy even our breathing Am
A river strangled by a dam
G
Less than one percent are taken
C/G
C/G
Is it worse to see no future Am
Is it worse to be afraid
G
And then we are like lions
C/G
C/G
We are born with a perfect hunger G
We are born with a perfect need
F
And then we are like lions
C/G
C/G Am G C/G
C/G
It is coming down the mountain Am
Fear that hoards you like a cold
G
It wants to settle in your footprints
C/G
C/G
Aw, you think you know of losing Am
Aw, you doubt of innocence
G
That big sky still hangs above you
C/G
C/G
There's no light you see to guide you G
And it scares you just the same
F G
And then we are like lions
C/G
C/G
See your faithless sails drifting G
And your truth just cut apart
F G
And then we are like lions
C/G
C/G
And then we are like lionsG
We are standing on two feet
C/G G
Hanging on the kitchen wall
F
For everyone to see
C/G
Get out your banjo F
So we can sing
C/G
There are winds that wrap and hold me Am
There are whispers in the trees
G
I cannot hold all that is sacred
C/G
C/G
Kiss the years that all are dying Am
Kiss the face that makes you stay
G
They are in your rhythms walking
C/G
C/G
Breath and breath above a sickness G
Shouting threats upon your life
F G
And then we are like lions
C/G
C/G
It will cheat you in the balance G
Taking more than left to live
F G
And then we are like lions
C/G
F G
And then we are like lions
C/G
