Believe Me

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[Verse 1]

C
Excuse me
                 Em
I need you to believe me
                F
In order to convince myself
                      Fm
I need to convince someone else

C
Excuse me
                      Em
It’s a matter of my safety
                           F
You can tell me that I’m crazy just
                        Fm
Don’t tell me it’s not real

C
Excuse me
                          Em
Would you lend me your opinion
                              F
There’s nothing wrong as far as I 
can tell
                         Fm
How’s it possible this feels like 
hell?

C
Excuse me
                              Em
I’m not so certain that I’m worthy
                               F
Don’t mean to ask for help I don’t 
deserve
                Fm
So many peoplе have it worse


[Chorus 1]

    C
But I
                          E
Have run out of things to try
                           F
Whеn I say how I’ve been feeling
                             Fm
I see the doubt in people’s eyes

     C
And pain
Feels a thousand times more 
   E
dangerous
                        F
When I can’t say for certain
                   Fm
Why exactly I am hurting

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            C
And that’s why
                 E
I need you to believe me
                          F
You might not think it’s real
                             Fm
But this can’t be how I’m supposed 
to feel

           C
I owe my thanks
                      E
To the people that believed me
                            F
I can’t prove the things I feel
But they still trusted they were 
 Fm
real

[Verse 2]

             C
It was so soothing
                       Em
To find out I’m not a loser
                             F
I have a weight that no one else can
 see
                          Fm
Won’t compare myself to healthy 
people

          C
I keep healing
                          Em
As I say what I’ve been feeling
                     F
Stop saying we all feel that way
                           Fm
When you’ve never thought you might 
not stay

             C
It’s not weakness
                             Em
To start spilling all your secrets
                         F
And start telling people I need help
                    Fm
I no longer cannot hurt myself

            C
It’s not strong to
                               Em
Just pretend there’s nothing wrong 
you
                           F
Will be the hero in your story when
                          Fm
You start letting other people in

               C
I think it’s brave
I think that lives just might be 
 Em
saved
                               F
When people talk about their pain 
out loud
                              Fm
No more things that we don’t talk 
about

               C
Though in the end
                      Em
All my burdens are my own
                           F
I can feel them getting lighter when
                   Fm
I talk about them with my friends

[Chorus 2]

    C
Now I
                         E
Have a couple things to try
                             F
I have a name for what I’m feeling
                       Fm
I can finally see it clearly

     C
And pain
                        E
Feels a thousand times less 
dangerous
                     F
When I can say for certain
                       Fm
This is real but I am worth it

        C
‘Cause war
                 E
A war cannot be won
                         F
If the soldiers always question
                 Fm
Is this enemy imagined

    C
Now I
                         E
Know a couple things to try
                   F
To conquer silent pain
                         Fm
You gotta look it in the eye
                    C
And call it by its name