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