Tom: Em
Em Am
I love you like a stranger who will never see your flaws
Am Em
I love you like the wager, I must win when all is lost
Em Am
I love you like the knife that cut through bone and sinew
D B7 Em F#
I love you like the scab, that’s the only proof of wound.
G D
I love you like the tears through which I’ve cried myself to sleep
B7 Em
I love you like my fears somewhere hidden deep I keep.
Am7 B7
I love you like the consequence I know I must reap
Em
I love you like I love you like no one can but me.
Em (x4)
Am (x4)
B7 (x4)
Em (x4)
[Verse 2]
Em Am
I love you like the sailor who left home to tame the seas
Am Em
I love you like the writer naming things you cannot see
Em Am
I love you like the soldier bleeding by his flag he stood
D B7 Em F#
I love you like the carpenter carving beauty out of wood.
G D
I love you like the painter trying hard to frame the dawn
B7 Em
I love you like the sinner claiming he was but a pawn.
Am7 B7
I love you like the saint who kept faith when all was gone
Em
I love you like I love you like you never ever saw.
Em (x4)
Am (x4)
B7 (x4)
Em (x4)
[Verse 3]
Em Am
I love you like the moment which once lived cannot come back
Am Em
I love you like that stolen glimpse that negates all that is lack
Em Am
I love you like the souvenir that’s worth more than it’s cost
D B7 Em F#
I love you like a memory you once thought was lost.
G D
I love you like the failures that haunt me in my dreams
B7 Em
I love you like the incompetence in the mirror that I see
Am7 B7
I love you like the risk that suffocates that which could be
Em
I love you like I love you despite all that is me.
Em (x5)
Am (x4)
B7 (x3)
Em (x2)
