Verse 1:
C F Am
I've got high expectations
G C F Am G C
Keeping me low my whole life
F Am
Focused on a destination
G C F Am
Forever changing inside my mind
Pre-Chorus
F G
Every time I feel okay
Am G
I pull myself back down again
C EM
Say, 'I should be doing better.'
Dm
But if I talked to somebody
Am G C
The way I always talked to me
G
There'd be no one left
Verse 2:
C F Am C
Oh, it's hard to keep my head up when I'm face-down
F Am
Facing demons that I've gotten to know
G
But I can't control. No more
F G Am G C
There's got to be some way to feel something other than this
G
And be hopeful for the day when it is
Post-Chorus
G Am F
Life can be so cruel, but not as cruel as me