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