Caleb Hyles – Not My Own chords

[Intro]
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                                   Eb   Stop wondering "why" it's such a silly question

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

[Chorus]
Ab   My life is not my own
      Ebor at least not what it seems
            GbThe child before with brightest dreams
            EbAwoken to unflinching reality

      AbI can claim I have control
                    Ebbut the truth never listens to you or me
                GbThe sooner that I am crushed by time
                 EbThe 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                                                   EbRemember feeling like a feeling maybe felt a little freeing,

 but forgot that you were dead inside

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

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

[Chorus]
Ab   My life is not my own
      Ebor at least not what it seems
            GbThe child before with brightest dreams
            EbAwoken to unflinching reality

      AbI can claim I have control
                    Ebbut the truth never listens to you or me
                GbThe sooner that I am crushed by time
                 EbThe sooner I can finally be set free

Can we be free?

[Bridge]
Db Db Cm Ab
Db Db Cm Ab

           DbI'm at the ending, I see my family
              Cm             Abbut we're not broken, we are mending
           DbAnd all my loved ones, they are surrounding
           Cm               AbThe fear inside my heart escaping
          DbAnd suffering has lost its meaning
              Cm                 Aband grief and joy, they are both dancing
            DbI hold them close and tell them "I'm sorry"
              Eband they just smile and say

You were never
Ab      Db  alone

Eb       Ab     DbYou were never alone
                              CmThis life is cruel, but has potential
                  Ab              DbThere's something greater than we know
                                 CmWhy have meaning when there's no meaning
        Ab                  DbThe evolution of our understanding
                               CmCreating purpose where pain resided
            Ab                   Dband telling ourselves that it's normal
                               EbIf this is living then tell me what do I do now?

AbDo we all just carry on?
Ab                    EbCan we all just carry on?

[Chorus]
Ab   My life is not my own
      Ebor at least not what it seems
            GbThe child before with brightest dreams
            EbAwoken to unflinching reality

      AbI can claim I have control
                    Ebbut the truth never listens to you or me
                GbThe sooner that I am crushed by time
                 EbThe sooner I can finally be set free

Ab   My life is not my own
      Ebor at least not what it seems
            GbThe child before with brightest dreams
            EbAwoken to unflinching reality

      AbI can claim I have control
                    Ebbut the truth never listens to you or me
                GbThe sooner that I am crushed by time
                 EbThe sooner I can finally be set free

                AbCan we be free?