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
Cm
I know I'd try and find the will to be strong
D# A#
But am I strong enough? A#m I strong enough?
G#
I once built a bower, I could build you a home
Cm
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
Fm 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
D#m A#
Healing
G#
Oh, if I woke in the morning to find you were gone
Cm
I know I'd try and find the will to be strong
D# A#
But am I strong enough? A#m I strong enough?
G#
I once built a bower, I could build you a home
Cm
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
Cm
I know I'd try and find the will to be strong
D# A#
But am I strong enough? A#m I strong enough?
G#
I once built a bower, I could build you a home
Cm
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
Cm
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?