Emily Plazek - The Chords Strike lyrics

Found my old songs today A library full of old words I'd say Remembered all I saw Suddenly fire lit this heart raw Spanish streets, American rush Forests, valleys, hollow's hush Those places, remember you now Something died and remained there somehow And the chords strike The chords strike The chords And I had to say goodbye for me to say hello To this new life without that pain I'd known I left them all behind, I left those parts to die Because I knew if I said goodbye Then I could choose new life And the chords strike The chords strike The chords strike Look at all I wrote How I bled, oh how I choked Strings play the background now They're growing and soon they will drown Knew I found my way out, Rewrote every line and doubt But I loved each of my songs The rivers that pulled me along And the chords strike The chords strike The chords And I had to say goodbye for me to say hello To this new life without that pain I'd known I left them all behind, I left those parts to die Because I knew if I said goodbye Then I could choose new life And the chords strike The chords strike The chords strike