Valentine's Song (original)

Valentine's Song by wemaysing is licensed under a Creative Commons License

video at http://youtu.be/S6ZhLlkBkMg
inspired by the book Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card
If Ender's Game was ever made into a Broadway musical, this would be a ballad at the end of the third act, sung by Valentine to her brother before they fly away.

(Capo 2, Key of A)

Verse:

.        G          C               G

 it's a paradox of achieving world peace

.      C           Em         Am           D

 with peace as the end, using war as the means

.   G                        C        G

 to ensure the continued survival of man

.      C             Em

 they took you and trained you

.      Am            D

 put a gun in your hand

  

.F                    Am            G

 who of us asks to be born on this earth

.F                  Am

 is there a purpose above

.Bm                       Am        Bm  C

 Ender, the hopes of the world hung on you

.     Am

 but despite all the war

.       C                        D

 don't forget you were made for love

Chorus:

 .G

 Run away

.       C             G

 to the stars beyond stars

.  C      G

 leaving behind

. Am        D

 wars upon wars

.          G            C        G

 There's power in the violence within

.    C           G               D            G

 in kissing the snake you found love without end

Bridge:

. Am

 What do we do

.        Em

 now that your work is through

.         C   C/B     Em        D/F#

 we are saved by the buggers' defeat

.    Am

 To keep you from being

.  Em

 a pawn in the hands

.       C             G

 of our brother dear Peter

.         C             G

 we will have to soon leave here

.     C           G            D

 and fly across space, across time