Not My Own

Ab

[Verse 1]
Ab
   I've had enough I've had enough
Ab
   I've taken all this time in my 
head
Gb
   No further along, I can't resolve
E                                 
   Stop wondering "why" it's such 
  Eb
a silly question

[Verse 2]
Ab
   Pardon my misdirection
Ab
   I tend to deflect when I'm 
feeling threatened
  Gb
I know I'm just a bag of bones
         E              Eb
So then, why the ache inside?

[Chorus]
Ab
   My life is not my own
      Eb
or at least not what it seems
            Gb
The child before with brightest 
dreams
            Eb
Awoken to unflinching reality

      Ab
I can claim I have control
                    Eb
but the truth never listens to you 
or me
                Gb
The sooner that I am crushed by time
                 Eb
The sooner I can finally be set free

Can we be free?

Ab Ab Gb E Eb

[Verse 3]
Ab
   Remember Katie back in high 
school

   and the way she smiled and 
smelled when she flipped her hair
Ab
   Remember staring at the ceiling

   and the pit inside your stomach 
when you found out she doesn't care
Gb
  Remember listening to your best 
friend

tell her abuser that she will be 
alright?
E                             
Remember feeling like a feeling 
                      Eb
maybe felt a little freeing,

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 but forgot that you were dead 
inside

[Pre-Chorus]
Ab
   I've got perspective now

and the world isn't so small
           Gb
But this reality makes me just not 
want
E               Eb
want to live at all

[Chorus]
Ab
   My life is not my own
      Eb
or at least not what it seems
            Gb
The child before with brightest 
dreams
            Eb
Awoken to unflinching reality

      Ab
I can claim I have control
                    Eb
but the truth never listens to you 
or me
                Gb
The sooner that I am crushed by time
                 Eb
The sooner I can finally be set free

Can we be free?

[Bridge]
Db Db Cm Ab
Db Db Cm Ab

           Db
I'm at the ending, I see my family
              Cm             Ab
but we're not broken, we are mending
           Db
And all my loved ones, they are 
surrounding
           Cm               Ab
The fear inside my heart escaping
          Db
And suffering has lost its meaning
              Cm                 
and grief and joy, they are both 
Ab
dancing
            Db
I hold them close and tell them "I'm
 sorry"
              Eb
and they just smile and say

You were never
Ab      Db
  alone

Eb       Ab     Db
You were never alone
This life is cruel, but has 
  Cm
potential
                  Ab              
There's something greater than we 
Db
know
Why have meaning when there's no 
Cm
meaning
        Ab                  Db
The evolution of our understanding
                               Cm
Creating purpose where pain resided
            Ab                 
and telling ourselves that it's 
  Db
normal
                               Eb
If this is living then tell me what 
do I do now?

Ab
Do we all just carry on?
Ab                    Eb
Can we all just carry on?

[Chorus]
Ab
   My life is not my own
      Eb
or at least not what it seems
            Gb
The child before with brightest 
dreams
            Eb
Awoken to unflinching reality

      Ab
I can claim I have control
                    Eb
but the truth never listens to you 
or me
                Gb
The sooner that I am crushed by time
                 Eb
The sooner I can finally be set free

Ab
   My life is not my own
      Eb
or at least not what it seems
            Gb
The child before with brightest 
dreams
            Eb
Awoken to unflinching reality

      Ab
I can claim I have control
                    Eb
but the truth never listens to you 
or me
                Gb
The sooner that I am crushed by time
                 Eb
The sooner I can finally be set free

                Ab
Can we be free?