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