Lirik dan Chord Lagu The Seer’s Tower - Sufjan Stevens

Lagu berdurasi 3 menit 53 detik ini diproduseri sendiri olehnya dan dirilis pada tahun 2010 melalui label Asthmatic Kitty Records.

“The Seer’s Tower” dimuat sebagai trek ke-19 dalam album studio Stevens yang bertajuk Illinois.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “The Seer’s Tower” dari Sufjan Stevens.

[Intro]

Dm Gm Dm
Dm Gm Dm
Dm Gm Dm
Dm Gm Dm

[Verse]

Dm      Gm                      Am
In the tower above the earth
Dm           Gm                         Am
There is a view that reaches far
Dm           Gm          Am
Where we see the universe
Dm          Gm           Am
I see the fire, I see the end

[Interlude]

Dm Gm Dm
Dm Gm Dm

[Verse 2]

Dm      Gm                     Am
Seven miles above the earth
Dm         Gm                 Am
There is Emmanuel of mothers
Dm         Gm                    Am   C/G
With his sword, with his robe
Dm            Gm                          Am       C/G
He comes dividing man from brothers

[Interlude]

Dm Gm Dm C/G
Dm Gm Dm

[Bridge]

Dm     Gm                      Dm                     C/G
In the tower above the earth, we built it for Emmanuel
Dm     Gm                   Am                    C/G                Dm
In the powers of the earth, we wait until it rips and rips
Dm      Gm                      Am                   C/G         Dm
In the tower above the earth, we built it for Emmanuel
Dm       Gm                Am                                     C/G
Oh my mother, she betrayed us, but my father loved and bathed us

[Coda]

F        C              Bb
Still I go to the deepest grave
F            C                  Bb
Where I go to sleep alone