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