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