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
