Key: G
Introduction:
Gm
Sitting awake before the morning sun
Bb/F
Only ?cause I couldn?t fall asleep while the night was young
Gm
I?m restless, can?t call myself stressless
D4 D
These past weeks have left me breathless and senseless
Gm
My brother from another mother lost a brother
Bb/F Gm
My father lost his father, I lost a friend, something that I couldn?t comprehend
We?ll never see these men again
D4 D
Once upon a time life was so innocent
Gm
We?re past the past
Bb/F
The now is now
Gm
The future will be here in a minute
D4 D
But I don?t care what?s going down
Gm
Anyhow, I miss the time with the many smiles
Bb/F
When we could always stretch it for a little while
Gm
Now you?re gone and it feels like I?m alone
D4 D
Oh god dammit, how I miss you so
Gm
Sometimes it will feel time can stop
Bb/F
Sometimes I feel like giving up
Eb
But then I hear a voice inside of me
D4 D
Saying: "Better die with your chin up, than living on your knees"
Gm
Daydreaming is OK sometimes
Bb/F
But to face the facts really hurts
Gm
And when you finally feel the weight of your burden
D4 D
Get up again if you kiss the dirt
Gm
I?d rather live one day as a lion
Bb/F
Than live a hundred years as a sheep
Gm
I?d rather reign in Hell than serve in Heaven
D4 D
Live my dream out in reality and not in my sleep
Gm
The past is gone
Bb/F
The now is now
Gm
The future will be here in a minute
D4 D C Bb A
But I don?t care what?s going down, what?s going down
Gm
People tell me: "Pick yourself up off the road"
Bb/F
Can?t I just stay and get squashed like a little toad?
Gm
They?ll say you have a burden to carry
D4 D
Somewhere along the line there?s a girl to marry
Gm
But don?t worry, I?ll get up
Bb/F
I won?t give it up even if it won?t stop
Gm
Hurting in my heart now that we?re apart
D4 D
My chronic pain is about to start, will it be hard?
Gm
I?d rather live one day as a lion
Bb/F
Than live a hundred years as a sheep
Gm
I?d rather reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven
D4 D
Live my dream out in reality and not in my sleep
Gm
The past is gone
Bb/F
The now is now
Gm
The future will be here in a minute
D4 D
But I don?t care what?s going down
Gm
?Cause we?re past the past
Bb/F
The now is now
Gm
The future will be here in a minute
D4 D
But I don?t care what?s going down
Gm
Anyhow