Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension: chords

C         C/E           Am               C
When I am dead and the light leaves my breast
F              G     Dm            Em
Nothing to be told, nothing to confess
C              C/E          Am                C
Let the record show what I couldn't quite confess
        F           G       Dm              Em
For by living for myself I was living for unrest

Then the evidence came back in a chariot of
vindication
Something to behold, glorious in its path
But the prophecy fell back as it gave to me an
invitation
Show them what is right, show them what is blessed

Chorus:
     Dm    C/E         F             G
But now it strikes me far too late again
           Dm             C/E     F         G
That I was asking far too much of everyone around
me
     Dm     C/E        F             G
And now it strikes me far too late again
              Dm            C/E           F
That I should answer for myself as the Ascension
        G
falls upon me

So what should be said of a life that
leaves its mess?
For once your life was sold it could
never be possessed
You were selfishly as a continent,
you were finally at your best
For you favored for yourself
when selfishness was blessed

Then Cordelia came back in a chariot hallucination
Something to rejoice, glorious in its wrath
But the prophecy was a pantomime as it
came to me in accusation
Show them what is right, show them what is best

Chorus

And now it frightens me, the thought
against my chest
To think I was asking for a reason,
explaining why everything's a total mess
And now it frightens me, the dreams that I possess
To think I was acting like a believer,
when I was just angry and depressed