C, Bm, E (x2)
D C#m E
I was the boy with shoes too tight and ankles caught between the tides.
D C#m E
I was the girl who wore a dress to Sunday school, and that was it.
D C#m E
I had a handkerchief that went around my neck.
D C#m E
It wiped my tears, sweat, my blood, my innocence throughout the years.
E D C#m
And now I'm not afraid.
E D C#m
I've found a body, soul and mind that I can keep.
E D C#m
And now I'm not afraid.
E D C#m
I've learned to love it and to keep it all the same.
C, Bm, E
D C#m E
I was a wave, a cloud, a cliff, a slow parade.
D C#m E
Too short to speak; a lover with a heart of hide and seek.
D C#m E
And now, I know it's tough to be an elephant tied to a wing.
E D C#m
And now I'm not afraid.
E D C#m
I found a love and they love me.
E D C#m
And now I'm not afraid.
E D C#m
I found a love that's here to stay.
C, Bm, E (x2)
C