| Bm | A | Em | G | |
| So you never knew | love | until you crossed the | line of grace |
| Bm | A | Em | G | |
| And you never felt | wanted | till you had someone | slap your face |
| Bm | A | Em | G | |
| So you never felt | alive | until you almost | wasted away |
| Bm | A | |
| You had to win, you | couldn't just pass |
| Em | G | |
| The | smartest ass at the | top of the class |
| Bm | A | |
| Your flying colours, your | family tree |
| Em | G | |
| And | all your lessons in | history |
| Bm | |
| Ple | ase |
| A | |
| Ple | ase |
| Em | |
| Ple | ase |
| G | |
| get | up off your knees |
| Bm | A | Em | G | |
| Ple | ase, ple | ase, ple | ase, leave me | out of this |
| Bm | A | Em | G | |
| And you never | knew how | low you'd stoop to | make that call |
| Bm | A | Em | |
| And you never | knew what was | on the ground |
| G | |
| Till they | made you crawl |
| Bm | A | Em | G | |
| So you never | knew that that the | heaven you keep you | stole |
| Bm | A | |
| Your Catholic blues, your | convent shoes |
| Em | G | |
| Your | stick-on tattoos, now they're | making news |
| Bm | A | |
| Your holy war, your | northern star |
| Em | G | |
| Your | sermon on the mount from the | boot of your car |
| Bm | |
| Ple | ase, |
| A | |
| ple | ase, |
| Em | G | |
| ple | ase get | up off your knees |
| Bm | A | Em | G | |
| Plea | se, ple | ase, ple | ase leave me | out of this please |
| Bm | A | Em | G | |
| So | love is | hard, and | love is | tough |
| Bm | A | Em | G | |
| But | love is | not what you're | thinking | of |
| Bm | A | |
| Sep | tember, streets capsi | zing, |
| Em | G | |
| Spilling | over down the d | rain |
| Bm | A | |
| Shards of | glass splinters like | rain |
| Em | G | |
| But you could | only feel your | own pain |
| Bm | A | |
| Octo | ber, talking getting | nowhere |
| Em | G | A | |
| Nov | ember, | December, re | member |
| Em | |
| Are we just | starting again? |
| Bm | |
| Ple | ase, |
| A | |
| ple | ase, |
| Em | G | |
| plea | se get | up off of your knees |
| Bm | A | Em | G | |
| Plea | se, ple | ase, ple | ase, pl | ease |
| Bm | A | Em | G | |
| So lo | ve is | big, it's | bigger than | us |
| Bm | A | Em | G | |
| But | love is | not what you're | thinking | of |
| Bm | A | |
| It's what lovers | deal, it's what lovers | steal |
| Em | G | |
| You know I've found it | hard to re | ceive |
| Bm | A | Em | G | |
| Cause | you, my | love, I could | never be | lieve |