Boxed In

[Refrão]
 
            C 
My heart's taken quite the beatin' 
                    G 
About a billion so far and I'm still breathing 
                   C 
Been hurt so many times without a reason 
                             G 
Before I learned pain don't have to have a meaning 
 


[Verso 1]
 
             C 
I just keep tripping on the stepping stones 

My shoes untied, my hindsight's gone 
 G 
Thinking how I should disappear 

Nobody wants me home, nobody likes me here 

   C 
I whistle while I trickle by 

Made some friends, just to watch 'em die 
 G 
Built a house on solid ground 

'Til an act of God went and tore it down 

   C 
I loved her well, despite myself 

Truth be told she needs someone else 
                  G 
'Cause there's a demon in my brain 

Hanging pictures on the wall 

        C 
I love making people laugh 

'Cause at least someone should be happy 
       G 
If it can't be, it's fine by me 
         D/F# 
It don't matter to me at all 
 


[Pré-Refrão]
 
    Em  D   G      C 
I'm barely holding on 
          Em  D      G       C 
Pray the tips of my fingers stay strong 
 


[Refrão]
 
            C 
My heart's taken quite the beatin' 
                    G 
About a billion so far and I'm still breathing 
                   C 
Been hurt so many times without a reason 
                             G 
Before I learned pain don't have to have a meaning 

            C 
Pain keeps coming there's no stopping 
                           G 
Life without it just ain't in the cards and options 
                             C 
Running the same ol' circles I keep getting lost in 
                                G 
It's a big ol' world but we're all a little boxed in 
 


[Verso 2]
 
          C 
Well I'm scared to breathe, I'm scared to move 

I'm scared to see what I turn into 
       G 
Tears paint the wooden floor and 

Depression's so damn boring 

       C 
But I don't deserve the good I get 

So when it comes I don't let it in 
         G 
I don't let it live, I don't let it give me hope 

Don't give me anything 

       C 
Thank God and Mom and Dad broke me 

But what the hell do they owe me 
      G 
It's all on me, it falls on me 

Can scars carve biology 

      C 
Is it in my blood or in my brain 

Doctors say it's phantom pain 
        G 
'Cause something that once was 
      D/F# 
Ain't there anymore 
 


[Pré-Refrão]
 
    Em  D   G      C 
I'm barely holding on 
          Em  D      G       C 
Pray the tips of my fingers stay strong 
 


[Refrão]
 
            C 
My heart's taken quite the beatin' 
                    G 
About a billion so far and I'm still breathing 
                   C 
Been hurt so many times without a reason 
                             G 
Before I learned pain don't have to have a meaning 

                C 
Oh, pain keeps coming there's no stopping 
                           G 
Life without it just ain't in the cards and options 
                             C 
Running the same ol' circles I keep getting lost in 
                                G 
It's a big ol' world but we're all a little boxed in 


{Instrumental} 
 C 
Wooh ooh wooh ooh 

Wooh ooh wooh ooh 
G 
Wooh wooh wooh wooh wooh 
                   C 
Still work, still work 
 C 
Wooh ooh wooh ooh 

Wooh ooh wooh ooh 
                          G 
Yeah, we're all a little boxed in 

                   C 
Still work, still work 
 C 
Wooh ooh wooh ooh 

Wooh ooh wooh ooh 
                          G          C 
Yeah, we're all a little boxed innnnnnn 
 C 
Wooh ooh wooh ooh 

Wooh ooh wooh ooh 
                    G 
We're all a little boxed in 
 

Outro 
     G  D   G      C 
I'm barely holding on