Try Not To Die Until Youre Dead

B D#m I smile to trick, the fear inside me B D#m I smile to seem, like I’m improving B D#m But the brave grin, does not go in B D#m A surface layer, painted on the skin G#m F# Of a body that is facing uncertainty C# D#m F# B Yesterday I chased a dream C# D#m F# B Now I just want to be able to sleep C# D#m F# B Suddenly riddled with incapability C# D#m F# Funny how illness changes everything B D#m Never rea-lly, believed in believing B D#m Until I had, to believe I would get better B D#m And that was all, I had, no knowledge or progress B D#m Just hope, wafer thin hope C# D#m F# B Clung onto with a fist C# D#m F# B Must try not to damage it C# D#m F# B I must - believe C# D#m F# And even - if I - don’t get better B D#m F# Thanks for sitting with me - while I cried B D#m F# Thanks for easing the hours, when I was too weak to stand B D#m F# B Thanks for all the little detours - where we wandered off together B D#m F# And found things more important than what we want D#m B Those are truly treasured moments D#m B And believe me, I know D#m B That it’s hard to have hope D#m B But I will try not to die until I am dead B B B C# G#m D#m B C# G#m D#m I will try, not to die, until I am dead B C# G#m D#m I may be aching and exhausted, but life’s not over yet B C# G#m So it doesn’t hurt to hope, and it will never hurt to try D#m B Try not to die until you’re dead