Tilly and the Wall - The freest man

There's a ^Dboy I know, he has a heart of glass It is ^Cgold inside but it has crystallized It is ^Embeautiful but in its tragedy It is ^Dhard to hold without shattering He calls him^Dself at night, in soft over-chords Keeps coming ^Cback to it, his voice and echo coarse Till the ^Emsound's so thick it turns the sky to smoke And the ^Dgreyest days the predictions told

But this ^Dboy I know, he is pure of soul Just gets ^Clost sometimes in his chemicals Under a ^Emcoat of night, it's oh-so-comforting And that ^Dfirst breaking light becomes his enemy He calls so ^Dlate tonight, it is 4 a.m. He is ^Cdrunk, he can't find his apartment I don't ^Emlike how it feels when I think of him All ^Dhooded in black, lost and stumbling

The ^Cdays start to ^Dfade out of the ^Emframe Like they're ^Cblurring into ^Dsomeone else's ^Dname

You ^Dtry your hardest to rewind the tapes But you're pre^Cpared every day to make the same mistakes Step ^Emout of that life It's nowhere ^Dnear your time Just re^Dmember you called it all bullshit Well, it ^Cis and if you stop giving into it You can ^Emwalk away the fr^Deest man

This ^Dboy I know lives in a bell jar It is ^Cbalancing upon his pedestal He's trying ^Emnot to upset his conscious Afraid it's so ^Dfallen that no one will catch him But I've ^Dbeen there too and I swear to god If I can ^Chelp you, please, you gotta tell me how I know you've ^Embeen away and it can break you down And I ^Ddon't want you gone

^CAll the cracks ^Dyou see can be ^Emrepaired And if you ^Cstart to ^Dfall, we will be ^Dthere

Don't ^Ddrown yourself in all your old regrets 'Cause all the ^Cheaviness will steal away your breath Step ^Emout of that life It's nowhere ^Dnear your time And don't for^Dget you called it all bullshit It still ^Cis and if you stop giving into it You will ^Emwalk away the fr^Deest man

^DShake your head ^CLoosen your grip ^EmRaise up your fist ^DYou are the freest man

^DOpen your mouth ^CScream it out loud ^EmForget all your doubt ^DYou are the freest man