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