Year: 1997 - Album: Butterfly
Written by Walter Afanasieff/Mariah Carey
Intro: D A G Gm D Verse: 1 F#m It's hard to explain C G/B D Inherently it's just always been strange F#m Neither here nor there C Bm G D Always somewhat out of place everywhere F#m Ambiguous C G/B D Without a sense of belonging to touch F#m Somewhere halfway C G D Feeling there's no one completely the sameVerse: 2 F#m Early on, you face C Bm D The realization you don't N.C. Have a space F#m Where you fit in C G And recognize you Em D Were born to existC#m7 F#7 Standing alone Bm Eager to just Am D G Believe it's good enough to be what F#7 You really are N.C. But in your heart Bm A# Uncertainty forever lies A And you'll always be N.C. Somewhere on the G D OutsideBreak D And it's hard N.C. And it's hard N.C. And it's hard Verse: 3 B Em7 Irreversibly A#m D Falling in between N.C. And it's hard B And it's hard Em7 To be understood A#m7 As you are N.C. As you are F#7 D Oh, and God knowsC#m7 F#7 Standing alone Bm7 Eager to just Am7 D G Believe it's good enough to be what F# You really are N.C. But in your heart Bm Gm Uncertainty forever lies A And you'll always be N.C. Somewhere on the G Gm D OutsideOutro F#m C G Bm DC#m F# That you're standing on your own Bm7 Blind and unguided Am7 G# Into a world divided Gmaj7 You're thrown C#m7 F#7 Where you're never quite the same Bm7 Am D Although you try, try and try Gmaj7 To tell yourself F#m7 You really are F#7 Bm Gm But in your heart uncertainty forever lies A And you'll always be G Gm D Somewhere on the outside N.C. You'll always be A G Gm D Somewhere on the outside