Verse
G
I remember way back when
D
I felt only ennui
A
Like nothing could complete me
G
No promise of a rising sun
D
Illuminating everyone
A
The very thought defeated
G
My life was a blinded light
D
Must be what it's like when worlds collide
A
Especially when he sees her
Pretty soon he'll tease her
G
I was on the road too long
D
My laboured lover only song
A
Not one of them a keeper
G
But if I woke in the morning to find you were gone
Bm
I know I'd try and find the will to be strong
D A
But am I strong enough? Am I strong enough?
G
I once built a bower, I could build you a home
Bm
Together forever but forever and on
D A
Is still not long enough, still not long enough
G
You look confused in your eyes
D
And I could see myself as a child
A
Such a devastating feeling
Em A
G
I wished I could go back in time
D
But all I could do was apologize
A
Right then your eyes were healing
Dm A
Healing
G
Oh, if I woke in the morning to find you were gone
Bm
I know I'd try and find the will to be strong
D A
But am I strong enough? Am I strong enough?
G
I once built a bower, I could build you a home
Bm
Together forever but forever and on
D A
Is still not long enough, still not long enough
G D
Oh, I've been Cain but I wanna be Abel
A D G
Been a drunken fool but I wanted to be stable enough
D
To lay every one of my cards onto the table
A
Hope it's not too late for us to find a way too
G
If I woke in the morning to find you were gone
Bm
I know I'd try and find the will to be strong
D A
But am I strong enough? Am I strong enough?
G
I once built a bower, I could build you a home
Bm
Together forever but forever and on
D A
Is still not long enough, it's still not long enough
G
I went looking inside myself for a home
Bm
Find only a sapling in search of an oak
D A
But it's a start my love, oh it's a start my love
G
But am I strong enough?