FORTY SIX and TWO
D F C G
D
My shadow’s
F
Shedding skin and
C
I’ve been picking
G
Scabs again.
D
I’m down
F
Digging through
C
My old muscles
G
Looking for a clue.
D
I’ve been crawling on my belly
F
Clearing out what could’ve been.
C
I’ve been wallowing in my own confused
G
And insecure delusions
D
For a piece to cross me over
F
Or a word to guide me in.
C
I wanna feel the changes coming down.
G
I wanna know what I’ve been hiding in
D
My shadow.My shadow.
F
Change is coming through my shadow.
C
My shadow’s shedding skin
G
I’ve been picking my scabs again.
D
I’ve been crawling on my belly
F
Clearing out what could’ve been.
C
I’ve been wallowing in my own chaotic
G
And insecure delusions.
D
I wanna feel the change consume me,
F
Feel the outside turning in.
C
I wanna feel the metamorphosis and
G
Cleansing I’ve endured within
D
My shadow
F
My shadow
C
Change is coming.
G
Now is my time.
D
Listen to my muscle memory.
F
Contemplate what I’ve been clinging to.
C
Forty-six and two
G
ahead of me.
D
I choose to live and to
F
Grow, take and give and to
C
Move, learn and love and to
G
Cry, kill and die and to
D
Be paranoid and to
F
Lie, hate and fear and to
C
Do what it takes to
G
move through.
D
I choose to live and to
F
Lie, kill and give and to
C
Die, learn and love and to
G
Do what it takes to step through.
D
See my shadow changing,
F
Stretching up and over me.
C
Soften this old armor.
G
Hoping I can clear the way
D
By stepping through my shadow,
F
Coming out the other side.
C
Step into the shadow.
G
Forty six and two are just ahead of me.