Written by Movements
Intro Bb Dm F Bb Bb Dm F There's a fire in my heart Bb Dm C But I've got blood in my mouth Bb Tongue caged by my teeth Dm F Trying hard just to speak Bb But your shout has got me beat Bb Bb And I'm rusting I'm rusting ( Dm F Bb Dm C ) ( Bb Dm Gm Bb Gm C ) Bb And my mother always told me Dm Gm Tread lightly don't step On his toes And that was Bb Okay at a young age Dm Gm But I am fully grown Bb Suit and tie at the table Dm C Another disappointment Bb I'll stay quiet Still unstable Dm Gm I'll swallow the poison Bb Cause I am not who Dm Gm You were at nineteen Bb I am not the man Gm C You want me to be Bb I'm not a warrior Dm Gm I am fragile I am weak Bb I'm not a warrior Gm C I am not you I'm Bb Dm F Bb Barely me Bb Someday I hope to make it clear Dm F To you that success is not Bb Determined by leather bound books Dm And ink on paper but rather The passion that I have F Bb Found out of heartbreak and Dm Anger I know that happiness F Bb Is stability but stability Is not a desk job and Bb Dm I refuse to sacrifice my F Bb Aspirations for an income and Dm F Security What the hell is security? ( Dm C Bb Am Gm Am ) Dm C See I'd rather die at my fullest Bb Am Poor but free to roam than let an Gm Am Office drain me slowly for the sake Dm C Of a home Cause I watched your Bb Am Gm Endless intermission an actor Am Dm Trapped in mediocrity Gave up C On your ambitions and your Bb Am Convictions compared to mine Gm Am What a rigid dichotomy Bb Cause I am not who Dm Gm You were at nineteen Bb I am not the man Gm C You want me to be Bb I'm not a warrior Dm Gm I am fragile I am weak Bb I'm not a warrior Gm C I am not you Bb Cause I am not who You were at nineteen Dm I am not the man C You want me to be Bb I am not Gm I am not C I am not my Bb Father's son