F
They say it’s so much better to have loved and lost
Bb
Than to have lived in a bubble, never knowing the cost
Dm
Of a broken heart like a loaded gun
C
It scares everyone, everyone, everyone, everyone
F
Tells me the same thing every day:
Bb
"You’re wasting your time, just wasting away"
Dm
"There’s a hole in your heart, just go fill it with love"
C
But what is love? What is love? What is love? What is...
[Bridge]
BbC
This thing I’ve been told, since thirteen years-old
DmDm
Where you feel understood, undeniably good
BbC
It’s a stain on your sneaker, a hole in your speaker
DmDm
A feeling apart when you’ve emptied your heart
BbC
She’s at the upstairs windowpane
DmDm
As the young boy cries in the rain
BbC
She’ll never know the power she wields
DmDm
As the thunder falls on his ears
Bb
And he tells himself
C F N.C.
"Never again "
[Chorus]
F
All these engagements and lovers' spit
Bb
As they grasp at a future and promise it
Dm
Will Be joyful and fruitful, we’re better as two
C
And I cried too, I cried too, I cried too, I cried
F
Hoping you’d hear me and see right through
Bb
All the endless denial I gave to you
Dm
I was childishly hoping you'd pull me through
C
I want it too, want it too, want it too, want it
[Bridge]
BbC
To change me and lift me, explain me and give me
DmDm
A moment of time, less alone in my mind
BbC
When I felt so strange, you would hold me and say
DmDm
"I'm stranger than you can imagine. It's true"
BbC
"And I'm yours, and I'm yours, and I'm here"
DmDm
"And I swear there’s nothing to fear"
BbC
So the young woman lies on the bed
DmDm
While the young man hears lies in his head
BbC
And there's no one there and nothing left
F N.C.
To be said
[Chorus]
F
All these engagements and lovers' spit
Bb
All these engagements and lovers' spit
Dm
All these engagements and lovers' spit
C
Ah, they grasp for it. They beg for it. They smother it and cling to it
[Chorus]
F
All these engagements and lovers' spit
Bb
All these engagements and lovers' spit
Dm
All these engagements and lovers' spit
C
Ah, they grasp for it. They beg for it. They smother it and cling to it
[Outro]
F
Love is kind (All these engagements and lovers' spit)
Bb
Love is fair (All these engagements and lovers' spit)
Dm
Love is real (All these engagements and lovers' spit)
C
Love is true (Ah, they grasp for it. They beg for it. They smother it and cling to it)
F
I was wrong (All these engagements and lovers' spit)
Bb
I held on (All these engagements and lovers' spit)
Dm
I held on (All these engagements and lovers' spit)
C
I waited for you (Ah, they grasp for it. They beg for it. They smother it and cling to it)
F
To be whole (All these engagements and lovers' spit)
Bb
To be whole (All these engagements and lovers' spit)
Dm
To be whole (All these engagements and lovers' spit)
C
To be whole (Ah, they grasp for it. They beg for it. They smother it and cling to it)
[Instrumental]
F Bb Dm C x2
F