Intro: D# E D# Verse: A# What do I do to ignore them behind me? D# Do I follow my instincts blindly? E Do I hide my pride / from these bad dreams D# And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening? A# Do I / sit here and try to stand it? D# Or do I / try to catch them red – handed? E Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness, D# Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness? A# Because I can’t hold on / when I’m stretched so thin D# I make the right moves but I’m lost within E I put on my daily facade but then D# I just end up getting hurt again Chorus: A# By myself [myself] F# I ask why, but in my mind D# I find I can’t rely on myself A# I can’t hold on F# To what I want when I’m stretched so thin D# It’s all too much to take in A# I can’t hold on F# To anything watching everything spin D# With thoughts of failure sinking in A# If I turn my back I’m defenseless D# And to go blindly seems senseless E If I hide my pride and let it all go on / then they’ll D# Take from me ‘till everything is gone A# If I let them go I’ll be outdone D# But if I try to catch them I’ll be outrun E If I’m killed by the questions like a cancer D# Then I’ll be buried in the silence of the answer [by myself] A# How do you think / I’ve lost so much F# I’m so afraid / I’m out of touch D# How do you expect / I will know what to do A# When all I know / Is what you tell me to F# Don’t you know D# I can’t tell you how to make it go A# No matter what I do, how hard I try F# I can’t seem to convince myself why D# I’m stuck on the outside
