Verse 1:
F#m
You said you’d stay, I said I wait
D C#m
All those words we spoke in vain
F#m
I still recall the bitter taste
D C#m
I guess some things never change
F#m
And then I think of yesterday
D E
And every promise that you made
D
I never thought I’d be
E
The one that you would break
Chorus 1:
F#m D Bm
But I will fight until the day the world stops turning
F#m D Bm
And they will fall to ashes, I will just keep burning
D
But tonight I need you to save me
F#m E D
I’m too close to breaking, I see the light
F#m E D
I am standing on the edge of my life
F#m E D
Standing on the edge of my life
F#m E
Standing on the edge
Verse 2:
F#m
So this is how it all turns out
D C#m
You’re the hero, I’m left out
F#m
I should have known you couldn’t stand
D C#m
Up for me and be a man
F#m
I still have dreams of you at night
D E
I can’t tell the dark from light
D
I never thought I’d be
E
The one you’d leave behind
Chorus 2:
F#m D Bm
But I will fight until the day the world stops turning
F#m D Bm
And they will fall to ashes, I will just keep burning
D
But tonight I need you to save me
F#m E D
I’m too close to breaking, I see the light
F#m E D
I am standing on the edge of my life
Bridge:
Bm D F#m
With each step I hold my breath
E
And I’m tangled in your spiderwebs
Bm D
How could, how could I fall
F#m E
And I wonder if you ever cared at all
Chorus 3:
F#m D Bm
But I will fight until the day the world stops turning
F#m D Bm (hold)
And they will fall to ashes, I will just keep burning
D
But tonight I need you to save me
F#m E D
I’m too close to breaking, I see the light
F#m E F#m
I am standing on the edge of my life
D Bm F#m
I am standing on the edge of my life
D Bm F#m
Standing on the edge of my life
D E (hold)
I am standing on the edge of my life
