Tilly and the Wall - The freest man

There's a ^Cboy I know, he has a heart of glass It is ^Fgold inside but it has crystallized It is ^Dmbeautiful but in its tragedy It is ^Ghard to hold without shattering He calls him^Cself at night, in soft over-chords Keeps coming ^Fback to it, his voice and echo coarse Till the ^Dmsound's so thick it turns the sky to smoke And the ^Ggreyest days the predictions told

But this ^Cboy I know, he is pure of soul Just gets ^Flost sometimes in his chemicals Under a ^Dmcoat of night, it's oh-so-comforting And that ^Gfirst breaking light becomes his enemy He calls so ^Clate tonight, it is 4 a.m. He is ^Fdrunk, he can't find his apartment I don't ^Dmlike how it feels when I think of him All ^Ghooded in black, lost and stumbling

The ^Fdays start to ^Gfade out of the ^Amframe Like they're ^Fblurring into ^Csomeone else's ^Gname

You ^Ctry your hardest to rewind the tapes But you're pre^Fpared every day to make the same mistakes Step ^Dmout of that life It's nowhere ^Gnear your time Just re^Cmember you called it all bullshit Well, it ^Fis and if you stop giving into it You can ^Dmwalk away the fr^Geest man

This ^Cboy I know lives in a bell jar It is ^Fbalancing upon his pedestal He's trying ^Dmnot to upset his conscious Afraid it's so ^Gfallen that no one will catch him But I've ^Cbeen there too and I swear to god If I can ^Fhelp you, please, you gotta tell me how I know you've ^Dmbeen away and it can break you down And I ^Gdon't want you gone

^FAll the cracks ^Gyou see can be ^Amrepaired And if you ^Fstart to ^Cfall, we will be ^Gthere

Don't ^Cdrown yourself in all your old regrets 'Cause all the ^Fheaviness will steal away your breath Step ^Dmout of that life It's nowhere ^Gnear your time And don't for^Cget you called it all bullshit It still ^Fis and if you stop giving into it You will ^Dmwalk away the fr^Geest man

^CShake your head ^FLoosen your grip ^DmRaise up your fist ^GYou are the freest man

^COpen your mouth ^FScream it out loud ^DmForget all your doubt ^GYou are the freest man