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