Tom: C
C Am
Chasing after maybes
C
For my whole life
Am
Was never scary
Fmaj7
Until the day
D/F#
I came across something
Dm/F
That was certain
C
For the first time
Am C
I was shown what my future would be
Am
And it was awful
Fmaj7
There was no escape
D/F#
Except for this one way
Dm/F
That was mentioned
C
And it offered
Am
Ever-quiet
C
At a terrible price
Am
Just one whole life
Fmaj7
And you'll be on your way
D/F#
You know if you stay
Dm/F
You will be such a burden
D/F# Dm/F
Spare them all that needless hurting
[Pre-Chorus]
C
If you choose to stay
Am
You'll drag all your friends
C
Around in the mud
Am
You should get ovеr
Fmaj7
Yourself and give up
G6
Fate has been clеar
C
I don't think I will
Am
I think I'll keep going
C
Though I'm not convinced
Am
That things will be good for me
Fmaj7
I'm no longer sure
G6
That they will be so bad
Fmaj7
And if that stays a maybe
G6
Then I'll stick around
[Verse]
C Am
What a horrid liar
C
It turned out to be
Am
That said my future
Fmaj7
Would just be a waste
D/F#
Thought it was my fate
Dm/F
I thought I'll trust this
C Am
Then I saw, oh wow you're lying
C Am
I will be fine and I was right
Fmaj7
For the rest of my days
D/F#
I'll be on guard for
Dm/F
That one demon's voice
C Am
And sometimes even now
C
It sounds pretty real
Am
And when people smile
Fmaj7
I just can't relate
D/F#
I know if I wait
Dm/F
A little longer
D/F#
I can win against
Dm/F
The thing that did this
[Chorus]
Am
Why, why, why
Em Em/C Em/B
I used to ask
Bb
Now it's that same question
F
Asking why did I make it out
Bb
And what am I to do with
F
My new second chance at life
G
Write songs about the
Sunrise that destroys eternal night
[Pre-Chorus]
C
Different from those
Am
Who left for the quiet
C
They were all soldiers
Am
Who chose ever silence
Fmaj7
And they have my respect
G
Surely I understand
C
Now something's changed
Am
The wind or the current
C
There from the ground
Am
As if out of nowhere
Fmaj7
A thought that was sleeping
G6
Rose out of the sea
Fmaj7
Guided my past self
G
And now walks with me
[Bridge]
C Am C Am
Ooooooh
F G
Ooooooh
C Am C Am
Ooooooh
F G F G
Ooooooh
[Outro]
C
If you choose to stay
Am
You'll drag all your friends
C
Around in the mud
Am
You should get over
Fmaj7
Yourself and give up
G6
Fate has been clear
C
Those terrible words
Am
I said to myself
C
So how could I ever
Am
Expect to do well
Fmaj7
When the cruelest, and the meanest
G6
And the foulest disease
Fmaj7
Gets to use my own voice
G6
To say that to me
