Intro: D
D A D
And in the middle of the night, I may watch you go
D A D
There'll be no value in the strength of walls that I'll have grown
G Bm Bm A G
There'll be no comfort in the shade of the shadows thrown
A D A D
But I'll be yours if you'll be mine
D G D
Stretch out my life and pick the seams out
D G A Bm
Take what you like, but close my ears and eyes
G D A D A D
Watch me stumble over and over
D G D
I have done wrong, so build your tower
D G A Bm
But call me home and I will build a throne
G D A D A D
And wash my eyes out never again
Chorus:
D G
But love the one you hold
A
And I'll be your goal
Bm
To have and to hold
D
a lover of the light
Verse:
D G D
Skin too tight and eyes like marbles
D G A Bm
You spin me high so watch me as I glide
G D A D A D
Before I tumble homeward homeward
D G D
I know I've tried, I was not stable
D G A Bm
Flawed my pride, I miss my sanguine eyes
G D A D A D
So hold my hands up, breathe in an' breathe out
Chorus:
D G
But love the one you hold
A
And I'll be your goal
Bm
To have and to hold
D
a lover of the light
Interlude D Bm D Bm D
D A D
And in the middle of the night, I may watch you go
D A D
There'll be no value in the strength of walls that I'll have grown
G Bm Bm A G
There'll be no comfort in the shade of the shadows thrown
G Bm Bm A G
You may not trust the promises of the change I'll show
A D A D
But I'll be yours if you'll be mine
Interlude -x3-: D Bm
Chorus:
D G
So love the one you hold
A
And I will be your goal
Bm
To have and to hold
D
a lover of the light
D G
So love the one you hold
A
And I will be your goal
Bm
To have and to hold
D
a lover of the light