Awake

D Man down D This hardened shell is broken F#m My fate is bound to what I've done D Regrets - I shuffle down the hallway F#m Precious time - It's all gone overboard D F#m Here is your calm down pill - Here is your calm down pill D F#m I'll never be the same - it'll never be the same D G D G With eyes open - my body's floating down the river D E B7sus4 D G This life - What have I confined you for? It's all inside - it's all in silence D When the reaper gets its way Bm A million thoughts are swept away E And then you leave it all Bm You leave it all behind E And maybe next time we'll meet again Bm And maybe I'll be less of a bitter man D E G When I feel more C# I refuse to pay the ferryman - I'm so attached to my temple He has to burn it down to get me C D Ebony demon, shriek all you want - I'm not tagging along Dm E The shade, the burning blackness - it is my protector F# Fear before the fall - I can't grasp it all Dm But at least I'm trying Dm A light, a smoldering cinder E Getting colder, ashen F# And letting all this go I'm not letting go Dm I'm not really done here C# F# Gm Dm I won't let go Em D B Life's too short to be wrong E And maybe next time we'll meet again Bm And maybe I'll be less of a bitter man E And if I could do it all over again Bm I'd be the same man all over again D E G Gm Bm When I feel more