Verse: A5 Alright xxxxin' fine If you want, then I can finally admit it It took... what, almost twenty-three years? Of doubt, and fear, and all that Dm bullxxxx E Am I've hidden behind this screen, with a referential, blackened sheen I've poured my heart out dry to keep the sadness pristine But for the first time in this whole damn life that's been thrown at me Dm I think I might actually be happy Interlude: E F E Am D F E Am D Am F Dm It's been a while, so let me be Am myself, complete and sincere F This is the first fair night in a Dm Am long, long time spent drunk, but not bookended by tears Cm A The grin I wear is real and It Dm D crawls from ear to ear C Eb The one place I'd like to be most is D right damn here Em I've got good friends I can trust and lean on E Eb Though I've not had to use them yet G Their company is an end to outlie the means A On the bell curve inside my head C I've got more than I could ever expect Bm And not one has effected a way to end my respect yet A B The list of hit/miss ratios shows that they're all a sure-shot bet Em So the stakes I've placed on a losing race Eb Are a fallacy of sanity and a couple of mates G I do what I want and can afford to eat? I mean D xxxx me, mate. What more do you need? C Bm I cannot pretend anymore that this A Gbm B life can still be beat E B So, please F Em Let this endless torrent of fear E Am flow away D F Em I don't need a rose-tinted lens to E Am enbrighten these greys D Am Em They're plenty vibrant. The frame E C merely gets in the way D F E Why dwell in the past when this life Em is so vast? E A D Oh, it's splendid today Am G F It's been a while, so let me smile Am with my eyes instead of my teeth F Oh, it's a strange, new thing when Am crocodile cries its tears out of joy, not deceit G Gbm I'm sure it won't last long F Em But for now, it's such a treat G Eb To bring the happy man out from C underneath Em And let's be clear now: I don't deserve this Eb That fact is firm and unyielding G Your good, kind platitudes and idolizing attitudes A Don't earn me the power that I'm wielding C But I'm happy I can hide inside the walls I created Bm Hated by the me that thought he'd Gb die in complacent hatred This time, I'll look him straight in the eye and say B "Mate, I xxxxing made it" Em 'Cos everybody's saying that I'm never gonna make it G But I'm taking on the chin each hit of hesitation If an idea's got good legs then it'll A run And if you're learning to walk, you C gotta make sure you're having fun Bm I work with, at, to and for one, and A Gb B I sure as xxxx ain't done E B Not yet F E Let this endless torrent of fear Am flow away D -And when xxxx hits the fan, scream mayday- F E Em I don't need a rose-tinted lens to E Am enbrighten these greys Dm -When you find who you are, you Am find it easier to say- Em They're plenty vibrant. The frame A merely gets in the way D -Make tomorrow your heyday- F E Why dwell in the past when this life Em E is so vast? Am D Oh, it's splendid today A Dm A And when I die, know that I'm Bb C Just a product of place and time Gm Such convenient luck for a Am thick-headed dumbcunt Bb A Failing my way on up Dm A And know that I am not blind Bb Db I see the shadow lurking behind Gm Am But just for now, let me write Am A something that's upbeat and bright Am While it's still light Interlude: G Gbm F D G Let me say I'm fine C G A Without it being a lie Ab G G7 Let this hellish tempest of rage Cm run its course F -Forgive the hunch, but I have an inkling- Ab G I don't wanna hide behind this state G7 Cm of mind anymore -That I don't think what I've F thought is worth more than what I'm Cm thinking- G7 If it's a trick then consider me Cm fully immersed -Do you think doubt will make it F hurt less?- Ab G I'll enjoy the sun before darkness has come Cm F And this light has dispersed Outro: Eb D Dm D C Am C G C Db C nc Yeah I'm doing good mate B
