Core of a Being

I’m boycotting my sorrows and I’m seeing it through
And all my expectations, I’m giving them up too
Along with every disappointment a desire drew
Life, you are a sly one- I cannot foresee anything you do
So it’s up to you

Here let me hold your troubles for you while you get them off your chest
You can play a card of aimlessness, I’ll raise you one depressed
We can pile them up together in one big pathetic mess
We can take a flame to this heap of pain, and we can put it all to rest
And see that we’re blessed

When lovers are liars and dreams turn to nightmares too
Hair slowly graying and the hand is playing you
When all of the beauty’s escaping, what fades into view?

Let’s let go of the handles that are keeping us on track
Let’s ease up off the brakes ‘cause they only hold us back
Let’s fly forever forward to the stars or to the black
Let’s risk it all, broken hearts, battered bodies, no matter what impact
The soul’s intact

When lovers are liars and dreams turn to nightmares too
Hair slowly graying and the hand is playing you
When all of the beauty’s escaping, what fades into view?

When this life strips you right down to the core of a being,
Amidst the honesty are you drowning with anger?
Or in the depths of the tragedy are you grateful for seeing?

Drop D

Intro / Transitions / Outro:
D

Verse:
D | G | D D/C#
Bm | A | G | D

Chorus:
G | D 2x
G A

Bridge:
Bm | A Asus2 Em Bm/D 3x
G

Asus2: x 0 2 2 0 0
Em: 3 3 3 0 0 0
Bm/D: 0 2 0 x x x