Written by Glen Hansard
Intro: Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Do do do doooo Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Come on my little ruin won?t you open up and let us in? Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Time has not been kind but you're still standing here G Bm Leave a light on in your window, won?t you let me see a sign? G Bm It?s gonna take more than smoke and mirrors now for me this time Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Come on, my little sorrow, won?t you sing yourself a different song? Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 The melody that made you is now a worn-out sing-along G Bm Everybody?s looking at you, but I can?t stand to watch G Bm I?ve seen this scene come and go too much A Em7 A And oh, how you struggle through the hours, way-yeah-eah A Em7 A your sorrow leading the way, hay-yeah-eah A Em7 G And as you stood there among the cowards... you were letting them win Bm A G But I?m not gonna stand aside and watch them tear you up Bm A G no I?m not, cause you're better than they are and I can?t say it enough... Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 that?s enough "what are you doing?" Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Come on my little ruin won?t you build yourself back up again? Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Won?t you take the time you were given, you promised it to yourself G Bm You could stand among the best of them if you could hold your own G Bm But no-one's gonna do it for you now, but you and you alone A Em7 A And oh, how you struggle with your power, way-yeah-eah A Em7 A And keep your back tight to the wall, hay-yeah-eah A Em7 G And as you were counted among the cowards ...they didn?t see you at all Bm A G Now you're caught on a rising wave, and I can?t get you off Bm A G But I?m not gonna stand aside and watch them tear you up Bm A No, I?m not, cause you're better than they are, you're better than they are G You're better than they are, you're better than they are Bm A G you're better than they are, and I can?t say it enough Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 that?s enough "what are you do-------ing?" Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 "what are you do-------ing?" Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Come on my little ruin won?t you tell me where the feeling?s gone? Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 Bm F#m7 There's nothing lost between us, you can come back anytime you want