"Dreaming of Violets", by Shannon Campbell
and Scott Andrew LePera
Licensed under an unspecified Creative Commons license
Transcription by Adam Sampson
This was originally a Shannon Campbell solo song; Scott overdubbed
some extra parts. Scott's harmony parts are in brackets.
Key: Abm
[intro:]
E E/Eb C#m F#
E E/Eb C#m F#
Abm
The ashtrays are full, the windows all open
B
There's an answer somewhere in sight
E E/Eb C#m
And out in the shadows, somebody is hoping
F#
The winter will last through the night
And I miss my mother, her tears like good crystal
The reasons I left are all dying
Your bittersweet girl never learned how to whistle
That never stopped her from trying
Piano's been drinking, the guitars are all gone
No-one here knows how to sing
Been dreaming of violets and thinking I'm wrong
But that doesn't change anything
E
So I'm holding on
Abm
I am holding on
B
I am holding on
F#
To myself for you
I am holding on
I am holding on
I'm holding on
To myself
There's an aching inside you like a tomb with a key
If I had a reason to care
But you let me down slowly so I wouldn't see
Until I realised no-one was there
The cracks in the sidewalk, twelve shades of blue
Remind me of sweet Carolina
It's amazing the things you are able to do
When you think someone is behind you
And sometimes we're honest: the most likely truth
is we're bracing ourselves for the end
The only thing certain is it's raining for you
In a town where I've never been
But I'm holding on (holding on)
I am holding on (I am holding on)
Yes, I'm holding on (I am holding on)
To myself for you (to myself)
Oh, I'm holding on (holding on)
I am holding on (I am holding on)
Oh, I'm holding on (oh, I'm holding on)
To myself
[intro, with:]
(Ahhh...)
And I lost track of David the day I left Baltimore
But I hear that he's doing just fine
You remind me of him in the years just before
The years we all lost our minds
I keep looking for ways to settle the score
But life never listens to strangers
I can still fool myself into holding the sword
Without being aware of the dangers
I've been humming a tune, and searching for scars (searching for scars)
I've been healing myself with the song
(I've been healing myself with the song)
I've been dreaming of violets and time spent apart
And things that don't change at all
But I'm holding on (holding on)
I am holding on (I am holding on)
I am holding on (I am holding on)
To myself for you (to myself)
Yes, I'm holding on (yes, I'm holding on)
I am holding on (I am holding on)
I am holding on (I am holding on)
To myself
E E/Eb C#m
Yeah, I've been dreaming of violets and time spent apart
E E/Eb C#m
I've been dreaming of violets and time spent apart (dreaming of violets)
E E/Eb C#m F#
I've been dreaming of violets, and it's breaking my heart in two
E E/Eb C#m F#
Abm