verse Am C Am Yesterday's wars stack up like old papers on the floor C F Pounding like old knocks upon my door G F Breaking like the ocean, washing through my hands G C Changing this old mountain into sand G F C You know me by the stories I have made G F C G You know me by looking out through boxes and cages Em F C F C And it's hard to clearly see what's right in ordinary light F C G Does the truth filter down through the ages outro 1 F C F C We cannot see the end so here we must begin F C G C Tell me, what will we write on these pages? verse Am C Am Life's open road, showing only what it wants to show C F Callin' when it's time for us to go G F Driven by emotion, pushing from the past G C Runnin' till our spirit's free at last G F C You know me by the stories I have made G F C G You know me by looking out through boxes and cages Em F C F C And it's hard to clearly see what's right in ordinary light F C G Does the truth filter down through the ages outro 1 F C F C We cannot see the end so here we must begin F C G C Tell me, what will we write on these pages? bridge G C F Down through history we race across G C F Borders into empty space we write G C F A chapter of fable, a line, a trace F G Another heart may follow G F C You know me by the stories I have made G F C G You know me by looking out through boxes and cages Em F C F C And it's hard to clearly see what's right in ordinary light F C G Does the truth filter down through the ages outro 2 F C F C We cannot see the end so here we must begin F C G F Tell me, what will we write on these pages? F C F C We cannot see the end so here we must begin F C G C Tell me, what will we write on these pages?