verse 1: 
E              A9 
No one would love me 
         E                       A9 
If they knew all the things I hide 
 
verse 2:  
 
My words fall to the floor  
As tears drip through the telephone line  
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Refrain: 
B9                        A9 
And the hands I've seen raised to the sky  
B9                  A9 
Not waving but drowning all this time  
B9                  A9 
I'll try to build the ark that they need  
E                                 A9 
To float to you upon the crystal sea  
 
Chorus: 
               E       A9 
Give me your hand to hold  
             E            A9 
'Cause I can't stand to love alone  
            E            A9            E 
And love alone is not enough to hold us up  
               A           B9         A 
We've got to touch your robe  
                              
So swing your robe down low  
Swing your robe down low  
 
Verse 3: 
The prince of despair's been beaten  
But the loser still fights  
Death's on a long leash  
Stealing my friends to the night  
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Refrain 2: 
And everyone cries for the innocent  
You say to love the guilty, too  
And I'm surrounded by suffering and sickness  
So I'm working tearing back the roof  
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Refrain 3: 
And the pain of the world is a burden and it's my cross to bear  
And I stumble under all the weight  
I know you're Simon standing there  
And I know you're standing there