[Intro]
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F#m E D  F#m E D  N.C.


[Verse 1]
F#m          E               D
I knew these woods so well before.
F#m               E                D
Now I've lost the path that led me down to your door.
F#m              E              D
Breadcrumbs lost forever on the forest floor,
        F#m        E        D
And the wolves are circling me.
F#m            E               D
I know there's treasure yet to find,
    F#m           E              D
But I must either lose myself or leave you behind.
  F#m             E             D
I never meant you any harm at all,
F#m               E                 D
Did not think I'd come here just to watch your castle fall.


[Chorus]
   E                        D
By moonlight and by falling snow,
  E                             D
I call upon your oath to let me go.
                      E            F#m
I must wrap my world around me and leave you where you are.
  D                                 F#m
I can't believe I've lost you after flying half this far,
           D
But it was just a stolen season
     F#m    E            D
In a lovely house of cards.


[Verse 2]
F#m         E            D
I thought I knew this game,
            F#m                E             D
Thought I'd lure you from your winter wood before I knew your name.
   F#m               E            D
It turns out neither one of us is prey
           F#m             E              D
'cause I'd barely aimed my arrow when you carried me away.
        F#m               E            D
We were all the ways that fools rush in.
   F#m               E                 D
If I could spare the blood, I'd surely winter here again,
    F#m                E     D
But they'll be missing me outside.
          F#m           E            D
It's been half a stolen season and a roller coaster ride.


[Chorus]
   E                         D
By moonlight and by winter's throne,
  E                             D
I call upon your oath to let me go.
                                         F#m
I would turn at night to hold you as you dream and keep you safe
       D              E              F#m
In the way the summer calls upon the winter for escape,
          D              E             F#m             D
But we've spent a stolen season taking all that we can take.


[Interlude]
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F#m E D  F#m E D N.C.


[Verse 3]
        F#m           E              D
I would hold onto the magic we have made
        F#m          E            D
But the seasons must turn and the icicles fade.
      F#m             E                  D
Small wonder we could not withstand with spring,
   F#m         E           D
Surviving on a diet of the kisses wishes bring.
      F#m        E               D
Thief that I am, I'll be found out
         F#m              E              D
And your fairy fruit will surely turn to ashes in my mouth.
   F#m              E             D
It matters not what riches I have found
         F#m              E             D
'cause I know too much of leaving to be still and settle down.


[Chorus]
   E                            D
By moonlight and the tears I've known,
  E                             D
I call upon your oath to let me go.
                                  F#m
Sleep will never find me 'til the morning air has turned
     D                  E               F#m
If I can't reach out to hold you in the dark and keep you warm,
           D             E
But it was just a stolen season
         F#m      E       D
Where we danced a perfect storm.


[Bridge]
        E                        F#m
You are only ever playing me for keeps
       D           E        F#m
With a love that's warm and wild while winter sleeps.
E                            A          G      F#m
In all your kingdom, I'm the one who'll not be ruled.
                     E                D
Spring has come, and all I've done is weep.


[Verse 4]
F#m       E                  D
If I'm to steer without your star,
     F#m            E        D
I'll have plenty of time for dancing in the dark.
    F#m             E                  D
But first I have to learn the trick of holding up my head again
    F#m E  D
And flying blind.
            E                F#m
Even in our dreaming, we are running out of time,
           D             E           F#m
But it was just a stolen season in a land that wasn't mine.
        D                   E              F#m
We have fair destroyed each other, souls together, worlds apart,
             D             E              F#m           E
But what you call a stolen season was the harvest of my heart.
         D             E              F#m     E     D
What you call a stolen season was the harvest of my heart.


[Outro]
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