Love Alone

E A9 No one would love me E A9 If they knew all the things I hide My words fall to the floor As tears drip through the telephone line --- 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 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 The prince of despair's been beaten But the loser still fights Death's on a long leash Stealing my friends to the night --- 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 --- 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