Space, Op 2: Mines
January 2019, Gibson Chase-Pinkney

(Instro)
/ C F-> G G7 / C F-> G G7 /

(Verse 1)
When I left, we both promised we’d wait
While I worked the mines of Perseus VIII
As I watched another worker got flayed and dismembered
Much to my dismay, that’s when I remembered
/ C GG7 C - / F->Dm C->Am / F G C A7 / D - G G7 /

(Verse 2)
Near light-speed travel expands local space time,
So one year for me, is twelve years for you
By the time I’d return, and feel the earth’s sunshine
You’ll be just two months shy of seventy-two

(Counterverse 1)
I know that you’ve already realized this
We were both quite young and dim
But I’m mining this plasma, and clenching my fist
To distract from the mold colonizing my skin
I have less than a quarter of my own DNA
I’m  more protozoa than man
But I’m on break from mining, and I had to say
I have to assume this is going according to plan
/ F G C->Am / F G Am - / Dm E7 Am->C / F G C G /
/ Dm G7 Am F / E7 - Am - / F G C Am / F G G7 C /

(Verse 3)
And I feel quite the fool, as I left in your name
Any credit I’d saved, If I lived not to claim
The pension I earned, from this toil and grind
Fighting off cave bats that feed on my mind

(Verse 4)
And digging for ore that howls in the gloom
And as you carry it back, whispers and hums
Tells you dark tales of mayhem, conflict and doom
But you grow accustomed, as you go numb

(Counterverse 2)
I know that you’ve already realized this
I should have read the fine print
But I’m hauling this ore, and clenching my fist
As tendrils of slime drip down my chin
Bombarded by particles, exotic and rare
I’ve become Much more mushroom than man
I complained to the foreman, but he didn’t care
I have to assume this is going according to plan

(Outverse)
Enjoy the fruits of my toils, without any shame
My hands have no fingers I could point at you
Still I wish I had not put the accounts in both names
Is a thought that still lingers, as I dissolve into..
/ C GG7 C - / F->Dm C->Am / F G C A7 / D - G G7 /

Goo!
/ C / / / /

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