G Em
My folks had left the TV on
G
I was falling in love years
C G
before I ever met someone
Em
Like a prayer you don't expect an answer,
C
though you ask for one
G Em
Was sure my love would come along
G C
Like some rare bird and only I
would recognize the song
Em G
Like the actors I've seen on the television
C
with the stage lights on
G Em
What I found was a gamble
G C
You threw yourself in with me,
made a cross, and you lit a candle
Em G Em
But we were only strangers cornered in a dark room
G C G
Projecting slides of cozy lives on the wall
Em
In the light I thought I saw you
C
Was it nothing at all?
Em G
Of everyone I ever knew
I'm giving it all to you
C Em
I'm asking everything in return
G
and I have nothing left to lose
I'll get it back through you
C
I'll take your offer
G Em
It's time I wake and I'm still alive
C
Outlived my expiration date
Imagine my surprise
Em G
It's a backwards take on The Book of Job
C
His life was a wager and mine's a joke
Give him what he wants
He will never know
Em
He's tired of trying to let himself go
G
Of everyone I ever knew
I've gotten used to you
C Em
I've grown attached to you being here
G
Of everyone I ever knew
I've learned to count on you
C
As my own fingers
Em G
Of everyone I ever knew
I've gotten close to you
C Em
I've grown attached to you being here
G
Of everyone I ever knew
I've learned to count on you
C
As my own fingers