Tom: F#
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Verse 3]
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
[Verse 4]
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
[Bridge]
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
[Interlude]
B B B
C# G#m D#m
[Outro]
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
