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] Bb C This thing I’ve been told, since thirteen years-old Dm Dm Where you feel understood, undeniably good Bb C It’s a stain on your sneaker, a hole in your speaker Dm Dm A feeling apart when you’ve emptied your heart Bb C She’s at the upstairs windowpane Dm Dm As the young boy cries in the rain Bb C She’ll never know the power she wields Dm Dm 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] Bb C To change me and lift me, explain me and give me Dm Dm A moment of time, less alone in my mind Bb C When I felt so strange, you would hold me and say Dm Dm "I'm stranger than you can imagine. It's true" Bb C "And I'm yours, and I'm yours, and I'm here" Dm Dm "And I swear there’s nothing to fear" Bb C So the young woman lies on the bed Dm Dm While the young man hears lies in his head Bb C 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