| Bm | G | D | Asus4 | |
| Sta | nd | ar | d Tuning: |
| Intro: Bm G D Asus4 (2X) Play along to figure strumming pattern |
| VERSE 1: Bm G D Asus4 (6X) |
| Bm | |
| This is my renaissance |
| G | |
| This is my one response |
| D | Asus4 | |
| This is the way I say I love you |
| Bm | |
| This is my second chance |
| G | |
| This is my one romance |
| D | |
| This is the cutting line |
| Asus4 | |
| On which I stand to show you |
| Bm | |
| It happened fast in a flash just this evening |
| G | |
| I hit the gas, horn blast, brakes screaming |
| D | |
| Car crash, broken glass, broke my dreaming |
| Asus4 | |
| I hit the dash so fast my ears are ringing |
| Bm | |
| My sister's on the right side just slightly leaning |
| G | |
| I grabbed her hand hard until she started breathing |
| D | |
| My brother's in the back jaw cracked from the beating |
| Asus4 | |
| The breath in my chest has slipped and I'm sinking |
| Bm | |
| Blinking through diamond spider webs of cracked glass |
| G | |
| I'm trying to remember all the words you said in the past |
| D | |
| Through the ash, siren screams and red beams |
| Asus4 | |
| I hear you sing softly to me |
| CHORUS: D G Asus4 D (2X) |
| D | |
| I can be the wall when you fall down |
| G | |
| Find me on the rocks when you break down |
| Asus4 | |
| I heard it in the song when you call out |
| D | |
| But I got to say now it's got to change (REPEAT) |
| BREAK: Bm G D Asus4 (1X) |
| Bm | |
| This is my broken heart |
| G | |
| This is my bleeding start |
| D | Asus4 | |
| This is the way I've come to know you |
| Bm | |
| This is my winding road |
| G | |
| This is my way back home |
| D | Asus4 | |
| This is the narrow door you know that I will | walk through |
| VERSE 2: Bm G D Asus4 (4X) |
| Bm | |
| I got a letter today of why she went away |
| G | |
| She said, it's better this way, you know I never could stay |
| D | |
| Half empty closets and frames, all that's left to my name |
| Asus4 | |
| As she left in the rain and left my heart on a chain |
| Bm | |
| Three years I've built this two-face tower for hours on a lease |
| G | |
| You gave me one yellow flower that said rest in peace |
| D | |
| In pieces I've broken open to think too much or just enough |
| Asus4 | |
| Alone to trust midst the rubble and the dust |
| Bm | |
| Humbled, it took this much to break down and understand |
| G | |
| Spent my life this far on castles made of sand |
| D | |
| Tossed in the breakers in the palm of your hand |
| Asus4 | |
| Now I can finally stand |
| CHORUS: D G Asus4 D (4X) |
| D | |
| I can be the wall when you fall down |
| G | |
| Find me on the rocks when you break down |
| Asus4 | |
| I heard it in the song when you call out |
| D | |
| But I got to say now it's got to change |
| D | G | |
| I can be the wall . |
| Asus4 | D | |
| I heard it in the song .. |
| D | G | |
| I can be the wall |
| Asus4 | D | |
| I heard it in the song |
| Bm G D Asus4 (2X) |
| Bm | |
| This is my renaissance |
| G | |
| This is my one response |
| D | Asus4 | |
| This is the way I say I love yo | u. |
| End on Asus4 |