Capo 5
Verses: Fm G Am Cm, Fm G Am
Chorus: Fm Am G
Bridge: Fm G, Am
When you’re down and out, you can sink further down,
so I’m making a choice, I don’t want to drown.
I know in the depths of despair there’s hope
I’ll keep on walking ‘til I’m out of sight
got to leave part of myself behind
uncertain transitions scare me away
Who will I be five years from today
uncertain transitions scare the shit out of me
uncertain transitions keep me awake
I don’t know how much more I can take
uncertain transitions scare the shit out of me
I’ve made mistakes and said my apologies.
I need to move on but I can’t.
and yet it all fades so fast.
Why do I do this to myself?
bury myself under self-hatred and guilt?
I’m damaging my mental health.
I’m trying really hard to be happy
I’m trying, but it’s not taking hold,
It’s an illness I can’t shake.
Then one day I’ll work it through,
and on that day I won’t know what to do.
All that pain.
Uncertrain Transitions are the only thing I can see.
If I want to keep living… it’s the way it’s got to be.
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