Conquer Time from Sorry State by Christopher Thomas Elliott

On the bridge a young man and a girl
Whispered as if love would last forever,
“I'll love you till there's tigers in the pines,
Till the lion and the lamb lie down together,
Till the blue fish swallows the ocean,
Till the moon comes rolling down the mountain,
Till seconds stop, and the moment is our own.”

The bells in the church yard chime,
“Love, love all you want.
You cannot conquer time.”
The bells in the church yard chime,
“Run, run all you want.
The river rushes by.
The river rushes by.”

The echoes of the chiming seemed to say,
“Your love is doomed, doomed to be forgotten.
Your love is only harvest on the vine.
It either goes to wine or else goes rotten.”
A given moment belongs to no one.
Huddled close the couple couldn’t listen.
In need of silence, I hurried down the road.

The bells in the church yard chime,
“Love, love all you want.
You cannot conquer time.”
The bells in the church yard chime,
“Run, run all you want.
The river rushes by.
The river rushes by.
The river rushes by.”

• Acoustic
• Singer Songwriters
• acoustic guitar
• folk
• harmony
• Montague