"Shadow of the Colossus"
lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: "Shadows of Evangeline" by Dave Carter

/ Am G F G / / / /

Long ago in a land encircled by mountains
Vast monuments built by a race unknown
Walls slowly crumbling, but have they forgotten
The giant hands that laid stone upon stone?

	/ Em - F - / C - D2 - / F - G - / Em - F G /

	Their names, their secrets, and their history have all been lost
	Only silence lingers in the shadow of the colossus

No one knows what became of that country
None but me, and I'll never tell
An accursed place it is forbidden to enter
No one must break the spell

	But now a wanderer has come, prepared to pay the cost
	To save his love he'll brave the shadow of the colossus

Sixteen idols line the walls of the temple
Sixteen monsters to seek out and fight
Slay the beast and the idol will crumble
Raise your sword to catch the light

	Find and climb the living mountain, though it may rage and toss
	Fighting and dying in the shadow of the colossus

		/ Am F G - / Am F G F / Am - G - / F G F G / F - Am - / F - Am G / ... /

		-BREAK- ("The Opened Way")

Its life spent, the beast collapses like thunder
Reduced to a burial mound of fragments and dust
So dies by your hand one of the world's ancient wonders
You do as you believe you must

	But something was released from that mighty shape of stone and moss...
	Do you know what's sealed beneath the shadow of the colossus?